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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Solitary Reaper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?
(a) The Hebrides.
(b) Wales.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

2. What is the meaning of the word "Yon" in line 2, "Yon solitary Highland Lass"?
(a) Over there, that one.
(b) My.
(c) You.
(d) Nearby, this one.

3. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?
(a) Russia.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Chile.
(d) Australia.

4. From context, what is is likely meaning of "single" in line 1, "Behold her, single in the field"?
(a) Unmarried.
(b) Honest.
(c) Simple.
(d) Alone.

5. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?
(a) The third.
(b) The second.
(c) The fourth.
(d) The first.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following most clearly communicates the speaker's admiration for the reaper's singing ability?

2. What technique is evident in the poem's opening line, "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1)?

3. Where in the Highlands is the field where the woman is standing?

4. How does line 3, "Reaping and singing by herself," interrupt the poem's dominant metrical pattern?

5. Besides that the reaper may be singing about some terrible moment in history, what else does the speaker guess she might be singing about?

(see the answer key)

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