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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 1-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(b) Confusion about his relationships.
(c) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(d) Confusion about his own ambitions.

2. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Seven years.

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

4. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?
(a) Assonance, sibilance.
(b) Anaphora, assonance.
(c) Sibilance, litotes.
(d) Litotes, anaphora.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?

4. What kind of building is an abbey?

5. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?

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