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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 employed in lines 7 and 8, "O listen! for the Vale profound / Is overflowing with the sound"?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Antanaclasis.

2. What technique is evident in the line "Breaking the silence of the seas" (line 15)?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Sibilance.
(d) Aphorismus.

3. What technique is used in phrases like "the Vale profound" (line 7) and "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Inversion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Symbolism.

4. 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 spondee.
(c) It ends with a trochee.
(d) It begins with a trochee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 4, "Stop here, or gently pass!" what is the grammatical mood of the words "stop" and "pass"?

2. Where in the Highlands is the field where the woman is standing?

3. Who is the author of "The Solitary Reaper"?

4. What is subtly appropriate about the meter in lines 25 and 26, "Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang / As if her song could have no ending"?

5. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?

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