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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 technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Metaphor.

2. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?
(a) The memories made the speaker feel calm and refreshed.
(b) The speaker was often distracted by boredom and negative thoughts.
(c) The speaker made a conscious effort to focus on the memories.
(d) Only when the speaker was quiet and still could he perfectly remember the landscape.

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

4. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?
(a) The "still sad music of the past."
(b) The "still sad music of humanity."
(c) The "still sad music of philosophy."
(d) The "still sad music of the spheres."

5. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?
(a) Misunderstandings.
(b) Failing vision.
(c) Fading memories.
(d) Shallow relationships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

2. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?

3. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?

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

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

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