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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. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?
(a) The speaker's distance from the past.
(b) The speaker's eccentricity.
(c) The speaker's ego.
(d) The speaker's philosophical nature.

2. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?
(a) Changeable, wavering.
(b) Conceited, proud.
(c) Foolish, worthless.
(d) Unsuccessful, doomed to failure.

3. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?
(a) "Heedless."
(b) "Foolish."
(c) "Sweeter."
(d) "Coarser."

4. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?
(a) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.
(b) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.
(c) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(d) In the city, he was surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.

5. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Elision.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Sibilance.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?

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

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

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