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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 does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?
(a) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(b) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.
(c) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.
(d) In the city, he was surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.

2. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?
(a) The river.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The woods.
(d) The hermit.

3. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
(a) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.
(b) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.
(c) Gestures of love and respect from others.
(d) The positive memories created for others.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?

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

3. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?

4. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?

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

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