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

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

3. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
(a) The positive memories created for others.
(b) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.
(c) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.
(d) Gestures of love and respect from others.

4. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?
(a) Ungovernable, unmanageable.
(b) Competitive to the point of aggression.
(c) Of or related to sports.
(d) Carried away by playful emotion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?

2. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

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

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

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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