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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. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?
(a) Sibilance, litotes.
(b) Litotes, anaphora.
(c) Assonance, sibilance.
(d) Anaphora, assonance.

2. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?
(a) His emotions are now more muted and controlled.
(b) His emotions are now less concealed and secretive.
(c) His emotions are now deeper and more overwhelming.
(d) His emotions are now less complicated and confusing.

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

4. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?
(a) The Dee.
(b) The Wye.
(c) The Severn.
(d) The Thames.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?

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

4. What is a "roe" (line 69)?

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

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