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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) Ballade.
(d) Ottava rima.

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

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

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"?
(a) The contraction in line 25 creates a second line of trimeter in this stanza, emphasizing the musicality of the song.
(b) Line 25 begins with a dactyl, emphasizing the importance of the content of the reaper's song.
(c) The feminine ending of line 26 emphasizes the idea of something that does not end when it is expected to.
(d) Line 26 has four metrical feet instead of the expected three, creating a feeling of "lingering."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following most clearly communicates the speaker's admiration for the reaper's singing ability?

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

3. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?

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

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

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