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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?
2. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?
3. Which of the following most clearly communicates the speaker's admiration for the reaper's singing ability?
4. What technique is evident in the line "Breaking the silence of the seas" (line 15)?
5. Which is the best interpretation of line 6's reference to "a melancholy strain"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What question does the speaker ask in the third stanza, and what two contrasting answers does he speculate about?
2. What are the names of the two forms of poetry that are combined in this poem, and how are they combined?
3. 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.
4. To which two birds does the speaker compare the reaper, and what area of the world does the speaker associate with each?
5. In what way do the places associated with the two birds create a dramatic contrast with one another?
6. Describe the tense shift in "The Solitary Reaper" and explain what it reveals about the poem's narrative present.
7. Describe the rhyme scheme of "The Solitary Reaper."
8. Summarize the action of "The Solitary Reaper."
9. 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?
10. Describe the meter of "The Solitary Reaper."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about mood in "The Solitary Reaper." Defend your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the poem's setting. Defend your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you respond analytically to the following question: why is the reaper's song so sad? Be sure to support your claims with textual evidence.
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