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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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) Only when the speaker was quiet and still could he perfectly remember the landscape.
(c) The memories made the speaker feel calm and refreshed.
(d) The speaker was often distracted by boredom and negative thoughts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?

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