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

2. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?
(a) Carried away by playful emotion.
(b) Of or related to sports.
(c) Competitive to the point of aggression.
(d) Ungovernable, unmanageable.

3. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
(a) The positive memories created for others.
(b) Gestures of love and respect from others.
(c) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.
(d) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?

2. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?

3. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?

4. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

5. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the landscape that the speaker sees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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