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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. 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) Litotes, anaphora.
(c) Assonance, sibilance.
(d) Anaphora, assonance.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?

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

3. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?

4. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the landscape that the speaker 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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