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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used in phrases like "the Vale profound" (line 7) and "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Imagery.

2. What do the metaphors in lines 9-12 and 13-16 have in common?
(a) The both compare music to a geographical location.
(b) They both compare the reaper to a bird.
(c) They both compare traveling to a specific time of year.
(d) They both compare the speaker to a traveler.

3. In the second stanza, to whom is the nightingale depicted singing?
(a) Travelers.
(b) Shepherds.
(c) The speaker.
(d) The reaper.

4. Besides that the reaper may be singing about some terrible moment in history, what else does the speaker guess she might be singing about?
(a) Modern political events.
(b) Ordinary, everyday troubles.
(c) Love and romance.
(d) The beauty of the Highlands.

5. What is the stanzaic form of "The Solitary Reaper"?
(a) Ballade.
(b) Ottava rima.
(c) Octave.
(d) Octet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?

2. What technique is evident in the line "Breaking the silence of the seas" (line 15)?

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

4. What reasonable inference can be made about the reaper from line 17, "Will no one tell me what she sings?"?

5. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?

(see the answer key)

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