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

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

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

4. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?
(a) The Hebrides.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

5. What is the "sickle" in line 28?
(a) A mark dyed into wool to track sheep.
(b) A handle used to pull a cart.
(c) A sharp cutting tool.
(d) A tied sheaf of grain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second stanza, to whom is the nightingale depicted singing?

2. What is the meaning of the word "Yon" in line 2, "Yon solitary Highland Lass"?

3. What technique is used in phrases like "the Vale profound" (line 7) and "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?

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

5. Which is the best interpretation of line 6's reference to "a melancholy strain"?

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