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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) Assonance, sibilance.
(b) Anaphora, assonance.
(c) Litotes, anaphora.
(d) Sibilance, litotes.

2. What are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) Spots of contrasting color.
(b) Stands of trees and brush.
(c) The decayed remains of buildings.
(d) Shallow dips in the landscape.

3. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Elision.
(b) Platitude.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Alliteration.

4. What is a "roe" (line 69)?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A wild boar.
(c) A fish.
(d) A deer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?

2. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?

3. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?

4. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?

5. What technique is used in lines 100-101: "And the round ocean and the living air,/ And the blue sky, and in the mind of man"?

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