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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Gestures of love and respect from others.
(c) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.
(d) The positive memories created for others.

4. 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 throat.
(c) In his stomach.
(d) In his bones.

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

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

7. 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 often tired and hungry.
(b) In the city, he was surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.
(c) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.
(d) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

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

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

5. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?

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