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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 7 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Anaphora, assonance.
(b) Assonance, sibilance.
(c) Sibilance, litotes.
(d) Litotes, anaphora.

2. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?
(a) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.
(b) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(c) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.
(d) In the city, he was surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.

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

4. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?
(a) The hermit and vagrants.
(b) The wreaths of smoke.
(c) The entire landscape.
(d) The unripe fruits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?

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

3. The word "murmur" in line 4 is an example of which technique?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has the speaker been for the past five years, and how has the memory of this landscape impacted him?

2. What are two possibilities that the speaker imagines as the origin of the smoke he sees?

3. Describe the landscape that the speaker sees.

4. What does the speaker say about the hedge-rows, and what does this reveal about his perspective on the scene?

5. What literal and philosophical impact do the cliffs have on the landscape the speaker is viewing?

6. What does the speaker mean in line 47 when he talks about becoming "a living soul"?

7. What two elements does the first stanza mention that contribute to the sense that the scene is unbroken and whole?

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