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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 tree does the speaker mention being under?
(a) Chestnut.
(b) Oak.
(c) Sycamore.
(d) Aspen.
2. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Pejorative diction.
(d) Vernacular diction.
3. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six years.
4. 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) Meditation.
(c) Hallucination.
(d) Unconsciousness.
5. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) John Keats.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?
2. What kind of image opens the poem?
3. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?
4. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?
5. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two elements does the first stanza mention that contribute to the sense that the scene is unbroken and whole?
2. What literal and philosophical impact do the cliffs have on the landscape the speaker is viewing?
3. What does the speaker mean in line 47 when he talks about becoming "a living soul"?
4. Where has the speaker been for the past five years, and how has the memory of this landscape impacted him?
5. What are two possibilities that the speaker imagines as the origin of the smoke he sees?
6. What does the speaker say about the hedge-rows, and what does this reveal about his perspective on the scene?
7. Describe the landscape that the speaker sees.
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