2. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?
(a) Wales.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) The Hebrides.

3. Which line uses deliberate redundancy for emphasis?
(a) "Behold her, single in the field" (line 1).
(b) "I listened, motionless and still" (line 29).
(c) "For old, unhappy, far-off things" (line 19).
(d) "Stop here, or gently pass" (line 4).

4. What is the "sickle" in line 28?
(a) A handle used to pull a cart.
(b) A sharp cutting tool.
(c) A mark dyed into wool to track sheep.
(d) A tied sheaf of grain.

5. From context, what is is likely meaning of "single" in line 1, "Behold her, single in the field"?
(a) Honest.
(b) Alone.
(c) Simple.
(d) Unmarried.

6. What technique is employed in lines 7 and 8, "O listen! for the Vale profound / Is overflowing with the sound"?
(a) Antanaclasis.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Metonymy.

7. What do the metaphors in lines 9-12 and 13-16 have in common?
(a) They both compare traveling to a specific time of year.
(b) The both compare music to a geographical location.
(c) They both compare the reaper to a bird.
(d) They both compare the speaker to a traveler.

8. Which of the following most clearly communicates the speaker's admiration for the reaper's singing ability?
(a) The repeated use of exclamation points.
(b) The poem's elevated diction.
(c) The metaphors in the second stanza.
(d) The poem's nature imagery.

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

10. 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.

11. Besides that the reaper may be singing about some terrible moment in history, what else does the speaker guess she might be singing about?
(a) Ordinary, everyday troubles.
(b) Modern political events.
(c) The beauty of the Highlands.
(d) Love and romance.

12. What is subtly appropriate about the meter in lines 25 and 26, "Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang / As if her song could have no ending"?
(a) Line 25 begins with a dactyl, emphasizing the importance of the content of the reaper's song.
(b) The contraction in line 25 creates a second line of trimeter in this stanza, emphasizing the musicality of the song.
(c) The feminine ending of line 26 emphasizes the idea of something that does not end when it is expected to.
(d) Line 26 has four metrical feet instead of the expected three, creating a feeling of "lingering."

13. How does line 3, "Reaping and singing by herself," interrupt the poem's dominant metrical pattern?
(a) It ends with a trochee.
(b) It begins with a trochee.
(c) It ends with a spondee.
(d) It begins with a spondee.

14. What is the meaning of the word "lay" in the line "Or is it some more humble lay" (line 21)?
(a) A narrative poem written in couplets.
(b) A plan or pattern.
(c) A reclining position.
(d) Tune or song.

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