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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 are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) Shallow dips in the landscape.
(b) Spots of contrasting color.
(c) The decayed remains of buildings.
(d) Stands of trees and brush.

2. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?
(a) Its length.
(b) Its tone.
(c) Its perspective.
(d) Its syntax.

3. 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.

4. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?
(a) Pleonasm.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Paradox.

5. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) Hypnotic trance.
(b) Hallucination.
(c) Unconsciousness.
(d) Meditation.

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

4. What kind of image opens the poem?

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

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