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

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

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

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

5. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(b) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.
(c) He can move more quickly without using his body.
(d) He can see more clearly without using his vision.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?

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

3. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?

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

5. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?

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