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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 7 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?

2. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?

3. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?

4. What kind of image opens the poem?

5. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the landscape that the speaker sees.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the purpose of the prosody of "Tintern Abbey." Describe the poem's prosody and how it strikes a balance between traditional meter and natural speech. Consider the poem's occasion, tone, and subject matter as you explain the need to balance elevation and informality. Finally, connect the poem's prosody with one or more thematic ideas expressed in "Tintern Abbey." Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem.

Essay Topic 2

Read "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," by William Wordsworth (widely available online). Write an essay that compares and contrasts the theme of this poem with the theme of "Tintern Abbey." How do these poems portray the recollection of youth? What relationship do these poems posit between humans and the natural world? What contribution do their differing techniques and forms make to the two poems' themes? Support your claims with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from both poems, and be sure to cite your sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the relationship "Tintern Abbey'" posits between nature, the sublime, and transcendence. Establish the literary definitions of the Romantic terms "sublime" and "transcendence" and then provide analysis of how the poem treats these topics and their relationship to nature. Provide textual evidence to support your analysis, and cite all sources in MLA format.

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