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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 7 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?
(a) The "still sad music of humanity."
(b) The "still sad music of philosophy."
(c) The "still sad music of the past."
(d) The "still sad music of the spheres."

2. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?
(a) Isocolon.
(b) Paraprosdokian.
(c) Inversion.
(d) Platitude.

3. What is a "roe" (line 69)?
(a) A fish.
(b) A deer.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A wild boar.

4. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?
(a) Parallelism and consonance.
(b) Antithesis and cacophony.
(c) Cacophony and parallelism.
(d) Consonance and antithesis.

5. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.
(b) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.
(c) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(d) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?

2. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

3. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?

4. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?

5. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does the speaker compare himself to an animal?

2. What does the speaker say he now sees in nature that he did not see when he was younger?

3. What is the "sad perplexity" the speaker feels in line 62?

4. What does the speaker say he is gaining from looking at the scene, besides "present pleasure" (65)?

5. What evidence does the speaker provide that demonstrates how much he enjoyed the sensations of nature when he was younger?

6. In the third verse paragraph, what argument does the speaker have with himself?

7. What comment does the speaker make about his motivations for being in nature when he was younger?

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