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

2. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?
(a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(b) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) John Keats.

3. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?
(a) In his stomach.
(b) In his bones.
(c) In his throat.
(d) In his blood.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?

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

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