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

2. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?
(a) Fading memories.
(b) Shallow relationships.
(c) Failing vision.
(d) Misunderstandings.

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

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

5. What are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) The decayed remains of buildings.
(b) Stands of trees and brush.
(c) Shallow dips in the landscape.
(d) Spots of contrasting color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?

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

3. What kind of a thought is "lofty" (131)?

4. What does the speaker compare his sister's future mind to in line 142?

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

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