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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 114-162.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Pleonasm.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Paradox.

2. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.
(b) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(c) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.
(d) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.

3. 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 surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.
(b) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(c) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.
(d) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.

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

5. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) Hallucination.
(b) Unconsciousness.
(c) Hypnotic trance.
(d) Meditation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker mean in lines 146 and 147 when he says "If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,/ Should be thy portion"?

3. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

4. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?

5. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?

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