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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?
(a) The trees obscure his vision.
(b) The trees are unaware of the people beneath them.
(c) He is not sure whether he is imagining the smoke.
(d) The smoke's meaning is unclear.

2. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
(a) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.
(b) Gestures of love and respect from others.
(c) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.
(d) The positive memories created for others.

3. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?
(a) Passing from one phase of matter into another.
(b) To purify or refine.
(c) Complete and total.
(d) Transcendent experience.

4. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?
(a) The memories made the speaker feel calm and refreshed.
(b) Only when the speaker was quiet and still could he perfectly remember the landscape.
(c) The speaker was often distracted by boredom and negative thoughts.
(d) The speaker made a conscious effort to focus on the memories.

5. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?
(a) Aspen.
(b) Sycamore.
(c) Chestnut.
(d) Oak.

6. What kind of image opens the poem?
(a) A tactile image of the grass and tree bark.
(b) A visual image of the mountains.
(c) An olfactory image of smoke.
(d) An auditory image of the water.

7. 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 see more clearly without using his vision.
(c) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(d) He can move more quickly without using his body.

8. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six years.

9. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?
(a) Litotes, anaphora.
(b) Assonance, sibilance.
(c) Sibilance, litotes.
(d) Anaphora, assonance.

10. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?
(a) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.
(b) In the city, he was surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.
(c) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(d) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.

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

12. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?
(a) "Lonely."
(b) "Darkened."
(c) "Secluded."
(d) "Dim."

13. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Hypnotic trance.
(c) Unconsciousness.
(d) Hallucination.

14. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?
(a) Carried away by playful emotion.
(b) Competitive to the point of aggression.
(c) Of or related to sports.
(d) Ungovernable, unmanageable.

15. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Pleonasm.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Paradox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "copses" (line 14)?

2. What kind of building is an abbey?

3. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?

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

5. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?

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