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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 technique is evident in the poem's opening line, "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Apology.

2. What reasonable inference can be made about the reaper from line 17, "Will no one tell me what she sings?"?
(a) She is singing a song that she has made up herself.
(b) She is singing an old folk song that the speaker does not know the title of.
(c) She is singing in a language the speaker does not understand.
(d) She is too far away to be heard clearly.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of "The Solitary Reaper"?

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

5. In the fourth stanza, when the speaker finally places himself in the scene, what is it clear he is there to do?

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