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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 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Elision.
(b) Platitude.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Euphemism.

2. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.
(b) He can move more quickly without using his body.
(c) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(d) He can see more clearly without using his vision.

3. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?
(a) Cacophony and parallelism.
(b) Consonance and antithesis.
(c) Parallelism and consonance.
(d) Antithesis and cacophony.

4. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?
(a) Shallow relationships.
(b) Misunderstandings.
(c) Fading memories.
(d) Failing vision.

5. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about his relationships.
(b) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(c) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(d) Confusion about his own ambitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?

2. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?

3. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?

4. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?

5. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?

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