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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 7 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The river.
(c) The hermit.
(d) The woods.

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

3. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?
(a) Antithesis and cacophony.
(b) Cacophony and parallelism.
(c) Consonance and antithesis.
(d) Parallelism and consonance.

4. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.
(b) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.
(c) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.
(d) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?

2. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?

3. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?

4. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "sad perplexity" the speaker feels in line 62?

2. What evidence does the speaker provide that demonstrates how much he enjoyed the sensations of nature when he was younger?

3. In what ways does the speaker compare himself to an animal?

4. What does the speaker say he now sees in nature that he did not see when he was younger?

5. In the third verse paragraph, what argument does the speaker have with himself?

6. What does the speaker say he is gaining from looking at the scene, besides "present pleasure" (65)?

7. What comment does the speaker make about his motivations for being in nature when he was younger?

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