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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 techniques are used in lines 139-140 "And let the misty mountain-winds be free/ To blow against thee: and, in after years"?
(a) Asyndeton and internal rhyme.
(b) Situational irony and asyndeton.
(c) Caesura and situational irony.
(d) Internal rhyme and caesura.

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

3. What does the speaker mean in lines 146 and 147 when he says "If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,/ Should be thy portion"?
(a) If you choose to tackle difficult challenges.
(b) If someone prevents you from having a good life.
(c) If your life turns out to include suffering.
(d) If your will is not strong enough to overcome fate.

4. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?
(a) Sibilance.
(b) Elision.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Cacophony.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?

2. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?

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

4. What device is used in the phrase "evil tongues" (131)?

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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