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

2. Who is the "thou" addressed in line 117?
(a) The reader.
(b) God.
(c) The speaker's sister.
(d) The Wye.

3. What kind of image opens the poem?
(a) A visual image of the mountains.
(b) A tactile image of the grass and tree bark.
(c) An olfactory image of smoke.
(d) An auditory image of the water.

4. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.
(b) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(c) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.
(d) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.

5. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to lines 136 and 137, what do people like the speaker have a "cheerful faith" in?

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

4. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?

5. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?

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