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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From context, what is is likely meaning of "single" in line 1, "Behold her, single in the field"?
(a) Unmarried.
(b) Simple.
(c) Alone.
(d) Honest.

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

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

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

5. What is the young woman doing in the field?
(a) Watching the speaker from the hillside.
(b) Watching over grazing sheep.
(c) Harvesting a grain crop.
(d) Pushing a cart down a path.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What technique is evident in the line "Breaking the silence of the seas" (line 15)?

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

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