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

3. What technique is used in the line "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?
(a) Contraction.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Litotes.

4. What is the "sickle" in line 28?
(a) A mark dyed into wool to track sheep.
(b) A sharp cutting tool.
(c) A handle used to pull a cart.
(d) A tied sheaf of grain.

5. What is the young woman doing in the field?
(a) Pushing a cart down a path.
(b) Watching the speaker from the hillside.
(c) Watching over grazing sheep.
(d) Harvesting a grain crop.

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

7. In the second stanza, to whom is the nightingale depicted singing?
(a) The reaper.
(b) Shepherds.
(c) Travelers.
(d) The speaker.

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

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

10. Which line uses deliberate redundancy for emphasis?
(a) "Stop here, or gently pass" (line 4).
(b) "For old, unhappy, far-off things" (line 19).
(c) "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1).
(d) "I listened, motionless and still" (line 29).

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

12. In the fourth stanza, when the speaker finally places himself in the scene, what is it clear he is there to do?
(a) He is delivering supplies.
(b) He is out walking.
(c) He is working on a farm.
(d) He is there to confess his love for the woman.

13. Which of the following most clearly communicates the speaker's admiration for the reaper's singing ability?
(a) The poem's elevated diction.
(b) The repeated use of exclamation points.
(c) The metaphors in the second stanza.
(d) The poem's nature imagery.

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

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