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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is evident in the line "Breaking the silence of the seas" (line 15)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Aphorismus.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Sibilance.

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

3. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The first.
(c) The third.
(d) The second.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Solitary Reaper"?

2. What is the stanzaic form of "The Solitary Reaper"?

3. Where in the Highlands is the field where the woman is standing?

4. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?

5. What reasonable inference can be made about the reaper from line 17, "Will no one tell me what she sings?"?

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