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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. 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) Repeated visits to the Wye near Tintern Abbey.
(c) The memory of him and his remarks during their visit to the Wye.
(d) Her cheerful temperament and passion for life.

2. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Complication.
(d) Confusion.

3. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?
(a) The excitement of discovery.
(b) The bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.
(c) The pleasure of philosophical thought.
(d) The attraction of far-away places.

4. In line 142, what word does the speaker use to characterize the kind of pleasure mature people feel in nature?
(a) Dulled.
(b) Ecstatic.
(c) Sober.
(d) Sensual.

5. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Pejorative diction.
(c) Vernacular diction.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "copses" (line 14)?

2. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?

3. "My dear, dear Friend" contains an example of which technique?

4. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?

5. How does the speaker say his many excursions in nature impacted his desire to come to this particular landscape with his sister?

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