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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 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?
(a) Through his senses.
(b) Through his actions.
(c) Through his mind.
(d) Through his spirit.

2. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can see more clearly without using his vision.
(b) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.
(c) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(d) He can move more quickly without using his body.

3. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metonymy.

4. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?
(a) The speaker's distance from the past.
(b) The speaker's philosophical nature.
(c) The speaker's eccentricity.
(d) The speaker's ego.

5. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?
(a) Conceited, proud.
(b) Unsuccessful, doomed to failure.
(c) Changeable, wavering.
(d) Foolish, worthless.

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 kind of image opens the poem?

3. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?

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

5. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?

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