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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reasonable inference can be made about the reaper from line 17, "Will no one tell me what she sings?"?
(a) She is singing a song that she has made up herself.
(b) She is singing an old folk song that the speaker does not know the title of.
(c) She is too far away to be heard clearly.
(d) She is singing in a language the speaker does not understand.

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

4. In the lines "Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow / For old, unhappy, far-off things," what does "plaintive numbers" refer to (lines 18-19)?
(a) The reaper's tears.
(b) The song.
(c) The reaper's personal experience.
(d) Time and history.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fourth stanza, when the speaker finally places himself in the scene, what is it clear he is there to do?

2. Which line uses deliberate redundancy for emphasis?

3. What is the meaning of the word "lay" in the line "Or is it some more humble lay" (line 21)?

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

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

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