diff --git a/test/unit/lexer_unit_test.rb b/test/unit/lexer_unit_test.rb
index 54ed0b50d..7f8457395 100644
--- a/test/unit/lexer_unit_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/lexer_unit_test.rb
@@ -6,83 +6,104 @@ class LexerUnitTest < Minitest::Test
   include Liquid
 
   def test_strings
-    tokens = Lexer.new(%( 'this is a test""' "wat 'lol'")).tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:string, %('this is a test""')], [:string, %("wat 'lol'")], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:string, %('this is a test""')], [:string, %("wat 'lol'")], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize(%( 'this is a test""' "wat 'lol'")),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_integer
-    tokens = Lexer.new('hi 50').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:id, 'hi'], [:number, '50'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:id, 'hi'], [:number, '50'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize('hi 50'),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_float
-    tokens = Lexer.new('hi 5.0').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:id, 'hi'], [:number, '5.0'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:id, 'hi'], [:number, '5.0'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize('hi 5.0'),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_comparison
-    tokens = Lexer.new('== <> contains ').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:comparison, '=='], [:comparison, '<>'], [:comparison, 'contains'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:comparison, '=='], [:comparison, '<>'], [:comparison, 'contains'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize('== <> contains '),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_comparison_without_whitespace
-    tokens = Lexer.new('1>0').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:number, '1'], [:comparison, '>'], [:number, '0'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:number, '1'], [:comparison, '>'], [:number, '0'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize('1>0'),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_comparison_with_negative_number
-    tokens = Lexer.new('1>-1').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:number, '1'], [:comparison, '>'], [:number, '-1'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:number, '1'], [:comparison, '>'], [:number, '-1'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize('1>-1'),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_raise_for_invalid_comparison
     assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
-      Lexer.new('1>!1').tokenize
+      tokenize('1>!1')
     end
 
     assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
-      Lexer.new('1=<1').tokenize
+      tokenize('1=<1')
     end
 
     assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
-      Lexer.new('1!!1').tokenize
+      tokenize('1!!1')
     end
   end
 
   def test_specials
-    tokens = Lexer.new('| .:').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:pipe, '|'], [:dot, '.'], [:colon, ':'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
-    tokens = Lexer.new('[,]').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:open_square, '['], [:comma, ','], [:close_square, ']'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:pipe, '|'], [:dot, '.'], [:colon, ':'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize('| .:'),
+    )
+
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:open_square, '['], [:comma, ','], [:close_square, ']'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize('[,]'),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_fancy_identifiers
-    tokens = Lexer.new('hi five?').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:id, 'hi'], [:id, 'five?'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal([[:id, 'hi'], [:id, 'five?'], [:end_of_string]], tokenize('hi five?'))
 
-    tokens = Lexer.new('2foo').tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:number, '2'], [:id, 'foo'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal([[:number, '2'], [:id, 'foo'], [:end_of_string]], tokenize('2foo'))
   end
 
   def test_whitespace
-    tokens = Lexer.new("five|\n\t ==").tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:id, 'five'], [:pipe, '|'], [:comparison, '=='], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:id, 'five'], [:pipe, '|'], [:comparison, '=='], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize("five|\n\t =="),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_unexpected_character
     assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
-      Lexer.new("%").tokenize
+      tokenize("%")
     end
   end
 
   def test_negative_numbers
-    tokens = Lexer.new("foo | default: -1").tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:id, 'foo'], [:pipe, '|'], [:id, 'default'], [:colon, ":"], [:number, '-1'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:id, 'foo'], [:pipe, '|'], [:id, 'default'], [:colon, ":"], [:number, '-1'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize("foo | default: -1"),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_greater_than_two_digits
-    tokens = Lexer.new("foo > 12").tokenize
-    assert_equal([[:id, 'foo'], [:comparison, '>'], [:number, '12'], [:end_of_string]], tokens)
+    assert_equal(
+      [[:id, 'foo'], [:comparison, '>'], [:number, '12'], [:end_of_string]],
+      tokenize("foo > 12"),
+    )
   end
 
   def test_error_with_utf8_character
@@ -104,9 +125,15 @@ def test_contains_as_attribute_name
   end
 
   def test_tokenize_incomplete_expression
-    assert_equal([[:id, "false"], [:dash, "-"], [:end_of_string]], Lexer.new("false -").tokenize)
-    assert_equal([[:id, "false"], [:comparison, "<"], [:end_of_string]], Lexer.new("false <").tokenize)
-    assert_equal([[:id, "false"], [:comparison, ">"], [:end_of_string]], Lexer.new("false >").tokenize)
-    assert_equal([[:id, "false"], [:number, "1"], [:end_of_string]], Lexer.new("false 1").tokenize)
+    assert_equal([[:id, "false"], [:dash, "-"], [:end_of_string]], tokenize("false -"))
+    assert_equal([[:id, "false"], [:comparison, "<"], [:end_of_string]], tokenize("false <"))
+    assert_equal([[:id, "false"], [:comparison, ">"], [:end_of_string]], tokenize("false >"))
+    assert_equal([[:id, "false"], [:number, "1"], [:end_of_string]], tokenize("false 1"))
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def tokenize(input)
+    Lexer.new(input).tokenize
   end
 end