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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 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?
(a) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(b) It connects the present to the future.
(c) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(d) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.

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

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

4. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?
(a) Elision.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Sibilance.
(d) Cacophony.

5. What kind of building is an abbey?
(a) A cathedral.
(b) A castle.
(c) A country home.
(d) A monastery or convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?

2. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?

3. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?

4. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?

5. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?

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