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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 technique is used in the line "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?
(a) Contraction.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Litotes.

2. What is the meaning of the word "Yon" in line 2, "Yon solitary Highland Lass"?
(a) My.
(b) You.
(c) Over there, that one.
(d) Nearby, this one.

3. Which stanza could be reasonably called the most positive in tone?
(a) The second.
(b) The first.
(c) The third.
(d) The fourth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the second stanza, to whom is the nightingale depicted singing?

3. What is the young woman doing in the field?

4. What is the "sickle" in line 28?

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?

(see the answer key)

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