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

2. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?
(a) "Darkened."
(b) "Dim."
(c) "Secluded."
(d) "Lonely."

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

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

5. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(b) Confusion about his relationships.
(c) Confusion about his own ambitions.
(d) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?

2. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?

3. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?

4. What kind of building is an abbey?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the landscape that the speaker sees.

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

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

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

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