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

2. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Anthimeria.
(d) Antithesis.

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

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

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