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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. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?
(a) In his stomach.
(b) In his blood.
(c) In his throat.
(d) In his bones.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 19 mention of "some uncertain notice"?

2. What are "copses" (line 14)?

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

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

5. What kind of image opens the poem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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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