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

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

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

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

5. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?
(a) The entire landscape.
(b) The wreaths of smoke.
(c) The unripe fruits.
(d) The hermit and vagrants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

3. What kind of image opens the poem?

4. What kind of building is an abbey?

5. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?

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