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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 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.

2. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?
(a) Its syntax.
(b) Its tone.
(c) Its length.
(d) Its perspective.

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

4. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?
(a) They are panicked.
(b) They are pointless.
(c) They are dangerous.
(d) They are reckless.

5. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?
(a) Intuition.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Complication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?

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

3. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?

4. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?

5. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

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