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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. Who is the "thou" addressed in line 117?
(a) The Wye.
(b) The speaker's sister.
(c) God.
(d) The reader.

2. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Pejorative diction.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Vernacular diction.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

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

4. What is a "roe" (line 69)?
(a) A wild boar.
(b) A deer.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A fish.

5. What device is used in lines 146 and 147 when the speaker says "If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,/ Should be thy portion"?
(a) Meiosis.
(b) Polysyndeton.
(c) Epithet.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "past existence" does the speaker imply he may one day no longer be able to see in his sister's eyes?

2. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?

3. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?

4. According to lines 136 and 137, what do people like the speaker have a "cheerful faith" in?

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

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