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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 is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?
(a) The speaker's philosophical nature.
(b) The speaker's distance from the past.
(c) The speaker's eccentricity.
(d) The speaker's ego.

2. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Four years.

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

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

5. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?
(a) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(b) It connects the present to the future.
(c) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.
(d) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?

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

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

4. What kind of image opens the poem?

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

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