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

2. What techniques are evident in "the shooting lights/ Of thy wild eyes"?
(a) Assonance and simile.
(b) Juxtaposition and imagery.
(c) Imagery and assonance.
(d) Simile and juxtaposition.

3. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?
(a) The speaker was often distracted by boredom and negative thoughts.
(b) Only when the speaker was quiet and still could he perfectly remember the landscape.
(c) The memories made the speaker feel calm and refreshed.
(d) The speaker made a conscious effort to focus on the memories.

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

5. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?
(a) The unripe fruits.
(b) The wreaths of smoke.
(c) The hermit and vagrants.
(d) The entire landscape.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

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

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

5. How does the speaker say his many excursions in nature impacted his desire to come to this particular landscape with his sister?

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