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

2. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?
(a) Complete and total.
(b) Transcendent experience.
(c) To purify or refine.
(d) Passing from one phase of matter into another.

3. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?
(a) "Secluded."
(b) "Darkened."
(c) "Lonely."
(d) "Dim."

4. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?
(a) Consonance and antithesis.
(b) Antithesis and cacophony.
(c) Cacophony and parallelism.
(d) Parallelism and consonance.

5. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Elision.
(c) Euphemism.
(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 sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?

3. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?

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

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

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