The Solitary Reaper Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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The Solitary Reaper Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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

2. Which is the best interpretation of line 6's reference to "a melancholy strain"?
(a) A difficult burden.
(b) Persistent pain.
(c) A sad song.
(d) Hard work.

3. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Chile.
(c) Russia.
(d) Australia.

4. 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 too far away to be heard clearly.
(c) She is singing in a language the speaker does not understand.
(d) She is singing an old folk song that the speaker does not know the title of.

5. In the lines "Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow / For old, unhappy, far-off things," what does "plaintive numbers" refer to (lines 18-19)?
(a) Time and history.
(b) The song.
(c) The reaper's personal experience.
(d) The reaper's tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides that the reaper may be singing about some terrible moment in history, what else does the speaker guess she might be singing about?

2. What technique is evident in the line "Breaking the silence of the seas" (line 15)?

3. Which stanza could be reasonably called the most positive in tone?

4. What is the meaning of the word "lay" in the line "Or is it some more humble lay" (line 21)?

5. What do all three sentences in the third stanza have in common?

(see the answer key)

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