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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 is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?
(a) Pounding heart.
(b) Clouded vision.
(c) Narrowing canyon.
(d) Rushing water.

2. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Pleonasm.

3. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?
(a) Passionate emotion.
(b) Physical sensations.
(c) Youthful vitality.
(d) Unthinking selfishness.

4. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?
(a) The attraction of far-away places.
(b) The bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.
(c) The pleasure of philosophical thought.
(d) The excitement of discovery.

5. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?
(a) The Severn.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The Wye.
(d) The Dee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 100-101: "And the round ocean and the living air,/ And the blue sky, and in the mind of man"?

2. What technique is used in the phrase "green pastoral landscape"?

3. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

4. Which of the following is an examples of the "wild ecstasies" the speaker mentions in line 141?

5. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?

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