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

2. Which of the following is not one of the functions of the image of the moon shining on the speaker's sister while she is walking alone?
(a) It personifies the moon as another traveler.
(b) It is a reminder that the sister's sensual pleasure in nature may fade.
(c) It shows that the sister is never truly alone.
(d) It reinforces the importance of immersing oneself in nature.

3. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?
(a) John Keats.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

4. What technique is used in lines 125 and 126, "Knowing that Nature never did betray/ The heart that loved her"?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Personification.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. Which is the best definition of "intercourse" in the context of line 134?
(a) The movement of people around a location.
(b) The exchange of goods and services for money.
(c) Sexual activity.
(d) Shared conversation and activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

2. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?

3. 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"?

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

5. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?

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