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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 device is used in lines 146 and 147 when the speaker says "If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,/ Should be thy portion"?
(a) Epithet.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Meiosis.

2. What kind of a thought is "lofty" (131)?
(a) Snobbish, conceited.
(b) Ambitious, selfish.
(c) Unrealistic, foolish.
(d) Elevated, high-minded.

3. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?
(a) Conceited, proud.
(b) Foolish, worthless.
(c) Unsuccessful, doomed to failure.
(d) Changeable, wavering.

4. What techniques are evident in "the shooting lights/ Of thy wild eyes"?
(a) Imagery and assonance.
(b) Juxtaposition and imagery.
(c) Simile and juxtaposition.
(d) Assonance and simile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an examples of the "wild ecstasies" the speaker mentions in line 141?

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

3. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?

4. Which is the most accurate paraphrase of "Suffer my genial spirits to decay" (116)?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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