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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Solitary Reaper"?
(a) William Blake.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) Percy Shelley.
(d) John Keats.

2. What do all three sentences in the third stanza have in common?
(a) They are all questions.
(b) They are all fragments.
(c) They are all run-ons.
(d) They are all periodic sentences.

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

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 first.
(b) The third.
(c) The fourth.
(d) The second.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which line uses deliberate redundancy for emphasis?

3. Which is the best interpretation of line 6's reference to "a melancholy strain"?

4. What technique is used in phrases like "the Vale profound" (line 7) and "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?

5. In the fourth stanza, when the speaker finally places himself in the scene, what is it clear he is there to do?

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