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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 114-162.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device is used in lines 146 and 147 when the speaker says "If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,/ Should be thy portion"?
(a) Meiosis.
(b) Epithet.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?
(a) To limit or define.
(b) To drive or motivate action.
(c) To force compliance.
(d) To inspire and improve.

3. Which of the following is an examples of the "wild ecstasies" the speaker mentions in line 141?
(a) The wild light in the sister's eyes.
(b) The moon shining on the sister while she walks alone.
(c) Nature's desire to lead people toward joy.
(d) The rash judgments nature will protect the sister against.

4. What kind of a thought is "lofty" (131)?
(a) Unrealistic, foolish.
(b) Elevated, high-minded.
(c) Snobbish, conceited.
(d) Ambitious, selfish.

5. What does the speaker compare his sister's future mind to in line 142?
(a) A dense forest.
(b) A colorful marketplace.
(c) A rushing river.
(d) A large house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

2. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?

3. What kind of building is an abbey?

4. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?

5. What idea is the antecedent of "thus" in line 115 when the speaker says "If I were not thus taught"?

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