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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 techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?

2. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?

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

4. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?

5. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Go online and read about the industrialization of the Wye Valley in Wordsworth's time and the questions critics have asked about the accuracy of his depiction of the landscape. Then, think back to your ideas about the elision of the abbey in the poem. Write an essay that takes and defends a position about whether Wordsworth's elision of the abbey has the same purpose as his elision of the industrial buildings that had begun to appear in the valley during this time period. Support your assertions with evidence from both "Tintern Abbey" and online sources; cite all sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one image of nature and one image of urban life from the poem. Write an essay that explicates these two passages, explaining how the techniques used in these passages create tone and meaning. Consider techniques such as diction, detail, sound devices, symbolism, and figurative language. Not all of these will be found in every chosen passage, but comment on those that do appear in the passages you choose and show how these contribute to each passage's overall effect. After you have finished your explications of these two passages, provide a paragraph of analysis that discusses how the two passages differ and what purpose this serves in the poem as a whole. Provide both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem to support your claims.

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