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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) Paraprosdokian.
(b) Isocolon.
(c) Platitude.
(d) Inversion.

2. "My dear, dear Friend" contains an example of which technique?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Epizeuxis
(d) Epistrophe.

3. 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?
(a) It is more colloquial.
(b) It is more concrete.
(c) It is more elevated.
(d) It is more pejorative.

4. What kind of building is an abbey?
(a) A monastery or convent.
(b) A castle.
(c) A country home.
(d) A cathedral.

5. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?
(a) The unripe fruits.
(b) The wreaths of smoke.
(c) The entire landscape.
(d) The hermit and vagrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?

2. How does the speaker say his many excursions in nature impacted his desire to come to this particular landscape with his sister?

3. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

4. In line 142, what word does the speaker use to characterize the kind of pleasure mature people feel in nature?

5. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?

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