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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 7 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Hallucination.
(d) Meditation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of building is an abbey?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker mean in line 47 when he talks about becoming "a living soul"?

2. What does the speaker say about the hedge-rows, and what does this reveal about his perspective on the scene?

3. Describe the landscape that the speaker sees.

4. Where has the speaker been for the past five years, and how has the memory of this landscape impacted him?

5. What literal and philosophical impact do the cliffs have on the landscape the speaker is viewing?

6. What are two possibilities that the speaker imagines as the origin of the smoke he sees?

7. What two elements does the first stanza mention that contribute to the sense that the scene is unbroken and whole?

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