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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 1-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?
(a) Its perspective.
(b) Its length.
(c) Its tone.
(d) Its syntax.

2. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?
(a) Sibilance, litotes.
(b) Assonance, sibilance.
(c) Anaphora, assonance.
(d) Litotes, anaphora.

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

4. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Pejorative diction.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Vernacular diction.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

5. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?
(a) In his blood.
(b) In his throat.
(c) In his bones.
(d) In his stomach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?

2. What kind of image opens the poem?

3. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?

4. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?

5. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?

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