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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. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?
(a) The speaker was often distracted by boredom and negative thoughts.
(b) The memories made the speaker feel calm and refreshed.
(c) The speaker made a conscious effort to focus on the memories.
(d) Only when the speaker was quiet and still could he perfectly remember the landscape.

2. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(b) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(c) Confusion about his relationships.
(d) Confusion about his own ambitions.

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

4. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?
(a) The unripe fruits.
(b) The entire landscape.
(c) The wreaths of smoke.
(d) The hermit and vagrants.

5. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?
(a) Four years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of building is an abbey?

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

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

4. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?

5. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?

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

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

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

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

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