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

2. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?
(a) "Secluded."
(b) "Darkened."
(c) "Lonely."
(d) "Dim."

3. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?
(a) In his blood.
(b) In his bones.
(c) In his stomach.
(d) In his throat.

4. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?
(a) The "still sad music of the spheres."
(b) The "still sad music of humanity."
(c) The "still sad music of the past."
(d) The "still sad music of philosophy."

5. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?
(a) Pounding heart.
(b) Narrowing canyon.
(c) Rushing water.
(d) Clouded vision.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?

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

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

4. What kind of building is an abbey?

5. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?

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