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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. What kind of image opens the poem?
(a) An auditory image of the water.
(b) An olfactory image of smoke.
(c) A tactile image of the grass and tree bark.
(d) A visual image of the mountains.

2. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?
(a) Intuition.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Complication.
(d) Melancholy.

3. What is implied by the speaker's mention of being here he can no longer hear his sister's voice?
(a) He fears a time when they are no longer best friends.
(b) He might move far away.
(c) He might die before her.
(d) His travels might keep him away for long periods.

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

5. Which of the following is an examples of the "wild ecstasies" the speaker mentions in line 141?
(a) The moon shining on the sister while she walks alone.
(b) The wild light in the sister's eyes.
(c) The rash judgments nature will protect the sister against.
(d) Nature's desire to lead people toward joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

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

3. What does the speaker imagine will help his sister cope with hard times in the future?

4. Which is the most accurate paraphrase of "Suffer my genial spirits to decay" (116)?

5. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?

(see the answer key)

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