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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In line 4, "Stop here, or gently pass!" what is the grammatical mood of the words "stop" and "pass"?
(a) Interrogative.
(b) Indicative.
(c) Imperative.
(d) Subjunctive.

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

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

4. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?
(a) Chile.
(b) Russia.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Australia.

5. What is the stanzaic form of "The Solitary Reaper"?
(a) Ballade.
(b) Ottava rima.
(c) Octave.
(d) Octet.

Short Answer Questions

1. From context, what is is likely meaning of "single" in line 1, "Behold her, single in the field"?

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

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

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

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

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