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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 evident in the poem's opening line, "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1)?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Apology.
(d) Allusion.

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

3. What do the metaphors in lines 9-12 and 13-16 have in common?
(a) The both compare music to a geographical location.
(b) They both compare the reaper to a bird.
(c) They both compare the speaker to a traveler.
(d) They both compare traveling to a specific time of year.

4. From context, what is is likely meaning of "single" in line 1, "Behold her, single in the field"?
(a) Alone.
(b) Honest.
(c) Simple.
(d) Unmarried.

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?
(a) Love and romance.
(b) The beauty of the Highlands.
(c) Ordinary, everyday troubles.
(d) Modern political events.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best interpretation of line 6's reference to "a melancholy strain"?

2. 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"?

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

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

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

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