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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. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?
(a) They are panicked.
(b) They are pointless.
(c) They are reckless.
(d) They are dangerous.

2. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?
(a) Platitude.
(b) Isocolon.
(c) Inversion.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

3. Whose "past existence" does the speaker imply he may one day no longer be able to see in his sister's eyes?
(a) His own.
(b) The Wye's.
(c) Tintern Abbey's.
(d) His sister's.

4. What techniques are evident in "the shooting lights/ Of thy wild eyes"?
(a) Simile and juxtaposition.
(b) Juxtaposition and imagery.
(c) Assonance and simile.
(d) Imagery and assonance.

5. What idea is the antecedent of "thus" in line 115 when the speaker says "If I were not thus taught"?
(a) The spiritual presence in nature is the foundation of what is best in the speaker.
(b) People become progressively less a part of nature as they grow older.
(c) The speaker has learned to hear the music of humanity when he looks at nature.
(d) Youthful enthusiasm for physical sensation gives way to more philosophical experiences.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?

4. What device is used in lines 146 and 147 when the speaker says "If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,/ Should be thy portion"?

5. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?

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