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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) Litotes.
(d) Verbal irony.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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