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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 114-162.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the most accurate paraphrase of "Suffer my genial spirits to decay" (116)?
(a) Become thoughtful.
(b) Become depressed.
(c) Become less passionate.
(d) Become more realistic.

2. According to lines 136 and 137, what do people like the speaker have a "cheerful faith" in?
(a) Everything they see is infused with blessings.
(b) The natural world creates sublime experiences.
(c) People are never intentionally cruel.
(d) All people will eventually be healed by nature.

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

4. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Pleonasm.

5. How does the speaker say his many excursions in nature impacted his desire to come to this particular landscape with his sister?
(a) Despite all the time he has already spent in nature, he was still eager to come.
(b) His appreciation of the Wye valley is dimmed by other natural scenes he has experienced.
(c) He really only came to the valley to see whether his memories were still accurate.
(d) He only came on this trip as a favor to his sister, because he is weary of traveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. "My dear, dear Friend" contains an example of which technique?

2. Which techniques are used in lines 139-140 "And let the misty mountain-winds be free/ To blow against thee: and, in after years"?

3. What is implied by the speaker's mention of being here he can no longer hear his sister's voice?

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

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

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