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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) He is not sure whether he is imagining the smoke.
(b) The trees obscure his vision.
(c) The smoke's meaning is unclear.
(d) The trees are unaware of the people beneath them.

2. What are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) Stands of trees and brush.
(b) Spots of contrasting color.
(c) Shallow dips in the landscape.
(d) The decayed remains of buildings.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can see more clearly without using his vision.
(b) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(c) He can move more quickly without using his body.
(d) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?

2. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?

3. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?

4. What kind of image opens the poem?

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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