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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 114-162.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?
(a) Ungovernable, unmanageable.
(b) Competitive to the point of aggression.
(c) Carried away by playful emotion.
(d) Of or related to sports.

2. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.
(b) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(c) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.
(d) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.

3. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Symbolism.

4. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?
(a) "Foolish."
(b) "Sweeter."
(c) "Coarser."
(d) "Heedless."

5. What does the speaker imagine will help his sister cope with hard times in the future?
(a) Her cheerful temperament and passion for life.
(b) Repeated visits to the Wye near Tintern Abbey.
(c) Her intelligence and eager pursuit of knowledge.
(d) The memory of him and his remarks during their visit to the Wye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

2. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?

3. What technique is used in lines 100-101: "And the round ocean and the living air,/ And the blue sky, and in the mind of man"?

4. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?

5. In line 142, what word does the speaker use to characterize the kind of pleasure mature people feel in nature?

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