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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 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.

2. How does line 3, "Reaping and singing by herself," interrupt the poem's dominant metrical pattern?
(a) It ends with a trochee.
(b) It begins with a spondee.
(c) It begins with a trochee.
(d) It ends with a spondee.

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

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

5. In the fourth stanza, when the speaker finally places himself in the scene, what is it clear he is there to do?
(a) He is working on a farm.
(b) He is there to confess his love for the woman.
(c) He is delivering supplies.
(d) He is out walking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which stanza could be reasonably called the most positive in tone?

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

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

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

5. Which line uses deliberate redundancy for emphasis?

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