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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. How does the speaker say his many excursions in nature impacted his desire to come to this particular landscape with his sister?
(a) His appreciation of the Wye valley is dimmed by other natural scenes he has experienced.
(b) Despite all the time he has already spent in nature, he was still eager to come.
(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.

2. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Sibilance.
(c) Elision.
(d) Alliteration.

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

4. In line 142, what word does the speaker use to characterize the kind of pleasure mature people feel in nature?
(a) Sober.
(b) Dulled.
(c) Sensual.
(d) Ecstatic.

5. What technique is used in the phrase "green pastoral landscape"?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Neologism.
(c) Paralipsis.
(d) Pleonasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?

2. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?

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

4. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?

5. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?

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