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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Solitary Reaper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 working on a farm.
(c) He is there to confess his love for the woman.
(d) He is out walking.

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

3. In line 4, "Stop here, or gently pass!" what is the grammatical mood of the words "stop" and "pass"?
(a) Subjunctive.
(b) Interrogative.
(c) Indicative.
(d) Imperative.

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

5. What reasonable inference can be made about the reaper from line 17, "Will no one tell me what she sings?"?
(a) She is singing a song that she has made up herself.
(b) She is singing an old folk song that the speaker does not know the title of.
(c) She is singing in a language the speaker does not understand.
(d) She is too far away to be heard clearly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "sickle" in line 28?

2. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?

3. What do the metaphors in lines 9-12 and 13-16 have in common?

4. In the lines "Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow / For old, unhappy, far-off things," what does "plaintive numbers" refer to (lines 18-19)?

5. What technique is employed in lines 7 and 8, "O listen! for the Vale profound / Is overflowing with the sound"?

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