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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Solitary Reaper.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where in the Highlands is the field where the woman is standing?
(a) By a river in the foothills.
(b) On the hillside.
(c) At the top of a mountain.
(d) In a valley.
2. What technique is evident in the poem's opening line, "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1)?
(a) Apology.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Analogy.
3. What technique is used in phrases like "the Vale profound" (line 7) and "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Simile.
(d) Imagery.
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 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.
5. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?
(a) The Hebrides.
(b) Wales.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.
Short Answer Questions
1. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?
2. Besides that the reaper may be singing about some terrible moment in history, what else does the speaker guess she might be singing about?
3. Where are "the farthest Hebrides" (line 16)?
4. Which is the best interpretation of line 6's reference to "a melancholy strain"?
5. Which stanza could be reasonably called the most positive in tone?
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