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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 reaper to a bird.
(b) They both compare the speaker to a traveler.
(c) The both compare music to a geographical location.
(d) They both compare traveling to a specific time of year.

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

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

4. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?
(a) The third.
(b) The first.
(c) The second.
(d) The fourth.

5. 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) Ordinary, everyday troubles.
(c) The beauty of the Highlands.
(d) Love and romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following most clearly communicates the speaker's admiration for the reaper's singing ability?

2. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?

3. What technique is used in the line "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?

4. What do all three sentences in the third stanza have in common?

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

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