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

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

3. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?
(a) Anthimeria.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Euphemism.

4. 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 surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.
(b) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.
(c) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(d) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?

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

3. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?

4. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?

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

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