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

2. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?
(a) They slow the poem's pace to reflect the speaker's state of mind.
(b) They indicate the speaker's hesitation to share such a personal experience.
(c) They emphasize the passage of time and important elements of the scene.
(d) They demonstrate how the speaker's confusion eases when he is in nature.

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

4. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?
(a) The trees obscure his vision.
(b) He is not sure whether he is imagining the smoke.
(c) The smoke's meaning is unclear.
(d) The trees are unaware of the people beneath them.

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 paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?

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

3. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?

4. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?

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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