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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 understand more thoroughly without using his mind.
(c) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(d) He can move more quickly without using his body.

3. 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) Meditation.
(d) Hallucination.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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 his relationships.
(c) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(d) Confusion about his own ambitions.

11. 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) The positive memories created for others.
(d) Gestures of love and respect from others.

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

13. 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 bones.
(c) In his blood.
(d) In his stomach.

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

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

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

3. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?

4. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?

5. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?

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