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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 do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?

2. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?

3. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the final section of "Tintern Abbey," the speaker talks about a spiritual presence that moves through everything that observes and is observed. Write an essay that analyzes how Wordsworth uses polysyndeton, imagery, and diction to create a sense that everything is connected; explain how this sense of connectedness supports the poem's thematic concern with the spiritual unity of the world. Provide both quoted and paraphrased evidence to support your observations.

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

Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about Wordsworth's use of musical devices in "Tintern Abbey." Take a position about the purpose of these devices and use both quoted and paraphrased evidence from throughout the poem to support your assertions. Consider how at least three of these devices impact the poem's tone and meaning.

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