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

2. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?
(a) The second.
(b) The third.
(c) The first.
(d) The fourth.

3. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Wales.
(c) Scotland.
(d) The Hebrides.

4. Which stanza could be reasonably called the most positive in tone?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The third.
(c) The second.
(d) The first.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides that the reaper may be singing about some terrible moment in history, what else does the speaker guess she might be singing about?

2. In the second stanza, to whom is the nightingale depicted singing?

3. What technique is evident in the poem's opening line, "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1)?

4. In the lines "Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow / For old, unhappy, far-off things," what does "plaintive numbers" refer to (lines 18-19)?

5. What do all three sentences in the third stanza have in common?

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