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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. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?
(a) The Severn.
(b) The Dee.
(c) The Thames.
(d) The Wye.

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

3. According to lines 136 and 137, what do people like the speaker have a "cheerful faith" in?
(a) The natural world creates sublime experiences.
(b) Everything they see is infused with blessings.
(c) All people will eventually be healed by nature.
(d) People are never intentionally cruel.

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

5. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?
(a) Passing from one phase of matter into another.
(b) To purify or refine.
(c) Transcendent experience.
(d) Complete and total.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker compare his sister's future mind to in line 142?

2. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?

3. Who is the "thou" addressed in line 117?

4. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?

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

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