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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 blood.
(b) In his stomach.
(c) In his bones.
(d) In his throat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?
(a) Its perspective.
(b) Its tone.
(c) Its syntax.
(d) Its length.

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

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

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 demonstrate how the speaker's confusion eases when he is in nature.
(c) They slow the poem's pace to reflect the speaker's state of mind.
(d) They indicate the speaker's hesitation to share such a personal experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?

2. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?

3. What kind of image opens the poem?

4. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

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

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