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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 paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.
(b) He can see more clearly without using his vision.
(c) He can move more quickly without using his body.
(d) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?

2. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?

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

4. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?

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

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