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

2. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?
(a) Passionate emotion.
(b) Physical sensations.
(c) Unthinking selfishness.
(d) Youthful vitality.

3. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Verbal irony.

4. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?
(a) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.
(b) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(c) It connects the present to the future.
(d) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?

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

4. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?

5. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?

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