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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 "intercourse" in the context of line 134?
(a) Shared conversation and activities.
(b) The exchange of goods and services for money.
(c) Sexual activity.
(d) The movement of people around a location.

2. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?
(a) The memories made the speaker feel calm and refreshed.
(b) Only when the speaker was quiet and still could he perfectly remember the landscape.
(c) The speaker was often distracted by boredom and negative thoughts.
(d) The speaker made a conscious effort to focus on the memories.

3. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?
(a) Complete and total.
(b) Passing from one phase of matter into another.
(c) To purify or refine.
(d) Transcendent experience.

4. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?
(a) He is not sure whether he is imagining the smoke.
(b) The smoke's meaning is unclear.
(c) The trees are unaware of the people beneath them.
(d) The trees obscure his vision.

5. What kind of a thought is "lofty" (131)?
(a) Ambitious, selfish.
(b) Unrealistic, foolish.
(c) Elevated, high-minded.
(d) Snobbish, conceited.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of image opens the poem?

3. What idea is the antecedent of "thus" in line 115 when the speaker says "If I were not thus taught"?

4. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?

5. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?

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