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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Australia.
(c) Chile.
(d) Russia.
2. What do all three sentences in the third stanza have in common?
(a) They are all run-ons.
(b) They are all periodic sentences.
(c) They are all questions.
(d) They are all fragments.
3. What is the meaning of the word "Yon" in line 2, "Yon solitary Highland Lass"?
(a) My.
(b) Over there, that one.
(c) Nearby, this one.
(d) You.
4. 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) Modern political events.
(b) Ordinary, everyday troubles.
(c) The beauty of the Highlands.
(d) Love and romance.
5. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. What technique is evident in the line "Breaking the silence of the seas" (line 15)?
2. Who is the author of "The Solitary Reaper"?
3. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?
4. What do the metaphors in lines 9-12 and 13-16 have in common?
5. Which of the following most clearly communicates the speaker's admiration for the reaper's singing ability?
Short Essay Questions
1. What question does the speaker ask in the third stanza, and what two contrasting answers does he speculate about?
2. Explain how the mention of "spring-time" in line 14's description of the cuckoo enhances the contrast between this image and the image of the nightingale.
3. Describe the tense shift in "The Solitary Reaper" and explain what it reveals about the poem's narrative present.
4. Summarize the action of "The Solitary Reaper."
5. To which two birds does the speaker compare the reaper, and what area of the world does the speaker associate with each?
6. How does the speaker's line 26 description of the reaper singing "As if her song could have no ending" reinforce the meaning of the poem's ending?
7. Describe the rhyme scheme of "The Solitary Reaper."
8. In what way do the places associated with the two birds create a dramatic contrast with one another?
9. What are the names of the two forms of poetry that are combined in this poem, and how are they combined?
10. Describe the meter of "The Solitary Reaper."
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