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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 technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

2. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?

3. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?

4. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?

5. What technique is used in lines 100-101: "And the round ocean and the living air,/ And the blue sky, and in the mind of man"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comment does the speaker make about his motivations for being in nature when he was younger?

2. What does the speaker say he now sees in nature that he did not see when he was younger?

3. What evidence does the speaker provide that demonstrates how much he enjoyed the sensations of nature when he was younger?

4. In the third verse paragraph, what argument does the speaker have with himself?

5. What does the speaker say he is gaining from looking at the scene, besides "present pleasure" (65)?

6. What is the "sad perplexity" the speaker feels in line 62?

7. In what ways does the speaker compare himself to an animal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that considers how the speaker's elevation above the valley both obscures and reveals important aspects of the scene. Think about what he chooses to describe and how he describes it as well as what he chooses to leave out of his description of the scene. Consider how his elevation changes his perspective, leaves certain things in doubt, and clarifies other things. Connect your observations to the thematic motifs of unity and the sublime. Support your claims with evidence from the poem. Be sure to cite any outside sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that examines "Tintern Abbey" as a loco-descriptive poem. Define the genre and then explain the elements of this specific poem that make it an example of the genre. Finally, offer insight into how Wordsworth uses this genre to express ideas characteristic of British Romanticism. Support your claims with evidence from the poem. Be sure to cite any outside sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes how "Tintern Abbey" uses diction, details, and symbolism to support the idea that the speaker's relationship with nature has changed over time. Begin by establishing the three stages of the speaker's relationship with nature. Then, use both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem to show how Wordsworth employs diction, details, and symbolism to convey these three stages.

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