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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 is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?
(a) Changeable, wavering.
(b) Foolish, worthless.
(c) Conceited, proud.
(d) Unsuccessful, doomed to failure.
2. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?
(a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(b) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) John Keats.
3. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.
(b) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.
(c) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(d) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.
4. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.
(b) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(c) He can see more clearly without using his vision.
(d) He can move more quickly without using his body.
5. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?
(a) Sycamore.
(b) Chestnut.
(c) Oak.
(d) Aspen.
Short Answer 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?
2. What technique is used in lines 125 and 126, "Knowing that Nature never did betray/ The heart that loved her"?
3. In line 142, what word does the speaker use to characterize the kind of pleasure mature people feel in nature?
4. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?
5. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?
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