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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which line uses deliberate redundancy for emphasis?
(a) "Stop here, or gently pass" (line 4).
(b) "I listened, motionless and still" (line 29).
(c) "For old, unhappy, far-off things" (line 19).
(d) "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1).

2. Where in the Highlands is the field where the woman is standing?
(a) By a river in the foothills.
(b) At the top of a mountain.
(c) On the hillside.
(d) In a valley.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "sickle" in line 28?

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

3. In the lines "Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow / For old, unhappy, far-off things," what does "plaintive numbers" refer to (lines 18-19)?

4. In line 4, "Stop here, or gently pass!" what is the grammatical mood of the words "stop" and "pass"?

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

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