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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 all three sentences in the third stanza have in common?
(a) They are all periodic sentences.
(b) They are all questions.
(c) They are all run-ons.
(d) They are all fragments.

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

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

4. What is the young woman doing in the field?
(a) Harvesting a grain crop.
(b) Pushing a cart down a path.
(c) Watching over grazing sheep.
(d) Watching the speaker from the hillside.

5. Where in the Highlands is the field where the woman is standing?
(a) In a valley.
(b) At the top of a mountain.
(c) By a river in the foothills.
(d) On the hillside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in phrases like "the Vale profound" (line 7) and "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?

2. What technique is employed in lines 7 and 8, "O listen! for the Vale profound / Is overflowing with the sound"?

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

4. What is the meaning of the word "Yon" in line 2, "Yon solitary Highland Lass"?

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

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