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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 "Yon" in line 2, "Yon solitary Highland Lass"?
(a) My.
(b) Over there, that one.
(c) You.
(d) Nearby, this one.

2. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?
(a) Russia.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Australia.
(d) Chile.

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

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

5. Which is the best interpretation of line 6's reference to "a melancholy strain"?
(a) A difficult burden.
(b) Persistent pain.
(c) Hard work.
(d) A sad song.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does line 3, "Reaping and singing by herself," interrupt the poem's dominant metrical pattern?

2. Which stanza could be reasonably called the most positive in tone?

3. Besides that the reaper may be singing about some terrible moment in history, what else does the speaker guess she might be singing about?

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

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

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