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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the fourth stanza, when the speaker finally places himself in the scene, what is it clear he is there to do?
(a) He is there to confess his love for the woman.
(b) He is delivering supplies.
(c) He is working on a farm.
(d) He is out walking.

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

3. How does line 3, "Reaping and singing by herself," interrupt the poem's dominant metrical pattern?
(a) It begins with a trochee.
(b) It ends with a trochee.
(c) It ends with a spondee.
(d) It begins with a spondee.

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

5. What technique is used in the line "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Contraction.
(d) Verbal irony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is subtly appropriate about the meter in lines 25 and 26, "Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang / As if her song could have no ending"?

3. What do the metaphors in lines 9-12 and 13-16 have in common?

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?

5. What is the stanzaic form of "The Solitary Reaper"?

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