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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 best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?
(a) Complication.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Intuition.

2. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Metonymy.

3. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?
(a) Its tone.
(b) Its syntax.
(c) Its perspective.
(d) Its length.

4. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?
(a) Isocolon.
(b) Paraprosdokian.
(c) Platitude.
(d) Inversion.

5. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?
(a) The attraction of far-away places.
(b) The bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.
(c) The pleasure of philosophical thought.
(d) The excitement of discovery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?

2. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?

3. What are "copses" (line 14)?

4. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?

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

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