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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 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"?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Polysyndeton.
(c) Caesura.
(d) Chiasmus.

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

3. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?
(a) The "still sad music of the past."
(b) The "still sad music of philosophy."
(c) The "still sad music of humanity."
(d) The "still sad music of the spheres."

4. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?
(a) Sycamore.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Chestnut.
(d) Oak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?

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

3. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?

4. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

5. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?

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