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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?
(a) In his stomach.
(b) In his blood.
(c) In his bones.
(d) In his throat.

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

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

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

5. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) John Keats.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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

7. What kind of building is an abbey?
(a) A country home.
(b) A castle.
(c) A monastery or convent.
(d) A cathedral.

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

9. 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) The positive memories created for others.
(d) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.

10. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?
(a) The Dee.
(b) The Wye.
(c) The Severn.
(d) The Thames.

11. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(b) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(c) Confusion about his relationships.
(d) Confusion about his own ambitions.

12. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Anthimeria.

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

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

15. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?
(a) They emphasize the passage of time and important elements of the scene.
(b) They indicate the speaker's hesitation to share such a personal experience.
(c) They demonstrate how the speaker's confusion eases when he is in nature.
(d) They slow the poem's pace to reflect the speaker's state of mind.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?

4. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?

5. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

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