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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Metaphor.

2. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?
(a) The speaker's philosophical nature.
(b) The speaker's distance from the past.
(c) The speaker's ego.
(d) The speaker's eccentricity.

3. What is a "roe" (line 69)?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A deer.
(c) A fish.
(d) A wild boar.

4. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?
(a) The attraction of far-away places.
(b) The bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.
(c) The excitement of discovery.
(d) The pleasure of philosophical thought.

5. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?
(a) "Heedless."
(b) "Coarser."
(c) "Sweeter."
(d) "Foolish."

6. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?
(a) They are dangerous.
(b) They are panicked.
(c) They are reckless.
(d) They are pointless.

7. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Platitude.
(b) Elision.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Euphemism.

8. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?
(a) Narrowing canyon.
(b) Rushing water.
(c) Clouded vision.
(d) Pounding heart.

9. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?
(a) Unsuccessful, doomed to failure.
(b) Changeable, wavering.
(c) Conceited, proud.
(d) Foolish, worthless.

10. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?
(a) Shallow relationships.
(b) Fading memories.
(c) Failing vision.
(d) Misunderstandings.

11. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Verbal irony.

12. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?
(a) Physical sensations.
(b) Unthinking selfishness.
(c) Youthful vitality.
(d) Passionate emotion.

13. What technique is used in lines 100-101: "And the round ocean and the living air,/ And the blue sky, and in the mind of man"?
(a) Caesura.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Epizeuxis.

14. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?
(a) It connects the present to the future.
(b) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(c) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(d) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.

15. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbolism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

2. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?

3. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?

4. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?

5. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?

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