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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 inspire and improve.
(b) To force compliance.
(c) To drive or motivate action.
(d) To limit or define.

2. What are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) Spots of contrasting color.
(b) Stands of trees and brush.
(c) Shallow dips in the landscape.
(d) The decayed remains of buildings.

3. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?
(a) "Coarser."
(b) "Sweeter."
(c) "Foolish."
(d) "Heedless."

4. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about his own ambitions.
(b) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(c) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(d) Confusion about his relationships.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?

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

3. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?

4. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?

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

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