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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. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?
(a) Paraprosdokian.
(b) Isocolon.
(c) Platitude.
(d) Inversion.

2. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?
(a) Narrowing canyon.
(b) Pounding heart.
(c) Rushing water.
(d) Clouded vision.

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 the spheres."
(d) The "still sad music of humanity."

4. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metonymy.

5. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?
(a) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.
(b) It connects the present to the future.
(c) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(d) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.

Short Answer 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"?

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

3. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?

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

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

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