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

2. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?
(a) They are reckless.
(b) They are dangerous.
(c) They are pointless.
(d) They are panicked.

3. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?
(a) Unthinking selfishness.
(b) Physical sensations.
(c) Passionate emotion.
(d) Youthful vitality.

4. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?
(a) To drive or motivate action.
(b) To limit or define.
(c) To inspire and improve.
(d) To force compliance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?

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

4. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

5. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?

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