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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 is the meaning of the word "lay" in the line "Or is it some more humble lay" (line 21)?
(a) A plan or pattern.
(b) A narrative poem written in couplets.
(c) Tune or song.
(d) A reclining position.

2. 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) Love and romance.
(b) Modern political events.
(c) The beauty of the Highlands.
(d) Ordinary, everyday troubles.

3. In line 4, "Stop here, or gently pass!" what is the grammatical mood of the words "stop" and "pass"?
(a) Interrogative.
(b) Indicative.
(c) Imperative.
(d) Subjunctive.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the young woman doing in the field?

2. What technique is employed in lines 7 and 8, "O listen! for the Vale profound / Is overflowing with the sound"?

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

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

5. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?

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