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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 own ambitions.
(c) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(d) Confusion about his relationships.

2. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Vernacular diction.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Pejorative diction.
(d) Oxymoron.

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

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

5. What kind of image opens the poem?
(a) A visual image of the mountains.
(b) A tactile image of the grass and tree bark.
(c) An olfactory image of smoke.
(d) An auditory image of the water.

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 is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?

3. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?

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

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

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