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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 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 reinforces the importance of immersing oneself in nature.
(b) It is a reminder that the sister's sensual pleasure in nature may fade.
(c) It personifies the moon as another traveler.
(d) It shows that the sister is never truly alone.

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

3. What does the speaker mean in lines 146 and 147 when he says "If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,/ Should be thy portion"?
(a) If your will is not strong enough to overcome fate.
(b) If someone prevents you from having a good life.
(c) If your life turns out to include suffering.
(d) If you choose to tackle difficult challenges.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?

3. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?

4. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?

5. What techniques are evident in "the shooting lights/ Of thy wild eyes"?

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