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

2. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?
(a) The pleasure of philosophical thought.
(b) The bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.
(c) The excitement of discovery.
(d) The attraction of far-away places.

3. How does the speaker say nature feels about giving people joy?
(a) Fortunate to have this honor.
(b) Amused at how easily humans are distracted.
(c) Indifferent, because nature has no real choice.
(d) Relieved to diminish shared suffering.

4. Which of the following is not one of the functions of the image of the moon shining on the speaker's sister while she is walking alone?
(a) It personifies the moon as another traveler.
(b) It shows that the sister is never truly alone.
(c) It is a reminder that the sister's sensual pleasure in nature may fade.
(d) It reinforces the importance of immersing oneself in nature.

5. What kind of a thought is "lofty" (131)?
(a) Unrealistic, foolish.
(b) Elevated, high-minded.
(c) Ambitious, selfish.
(d) Snobbish, conceited.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does the diction in line 135, "Shall e'er prevail against us," contrast with much of the diction in the rest of the poem?

2. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?

3. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?

4. What idea is the antecedent of "thus" in line 115 when the speaker says "If I were not thus taught"?

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

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