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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Scotland.
(d) Wales.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?

4. What is the meaning of the word "lay" in the line "Or is it some more humble lay" (line 21)?

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

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