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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What technique is used in the line "A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard" (line 13)?
2. In the second stanza, to whom is the nightingale depicted singing?
3. In which stanza does the speaker make it clear that this event happened some time in the past?
4. From context, what is is likely meaning of "single" in line 1, "Behold her, single in the field"?
5. What is the meaning of the word "lay" in the line "Or is it some more humble lay" (line 21)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how the mention of "spring-time" in line 14's description of the cuckoo enhances the contrast between this image and the image of the nightingale.
2. Summarize the action of "The Solitary Reaper."
3. Describe the tense shift in "The Solitary Reaper" and explain what it reveals about the poem's narrative present.
4. How does the speaker's line 26 description of the reaper singing "As if her song could have no ending" reinforce the meaning of the poem's ending?
5. In what way do the places associated with the two birds create a dramatic contrast with one another?
6. Describe the meter of "The Solitary Reaper."
7. Describe the rhyme scheme of "The Solitary Reaper."
8. What question does the speaker ask in the third stanza, and what two contrasting answers does he speculate about?
9. To which two birds does the speaker compare the reaper, and what area of the world does the speaker associate with each?
10. What are the names of the two forms of poetry that are combined in this poem, and how are they combined?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the poem's setting. Defend your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the relationship of the reaper to the land in "The Solitary Reaper." Defend your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the relationship of music to ideas about memory and history in "The Solitary Reaper." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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