View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 7 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?

2. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?

3. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

4. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does the speaker compare himself to an animal?

2. In the third verse paragraph, what argument does the speaker have with himself?

3. What does the speaker say he is gaining from looking at the scene, besides "present pleasure" (65)?

4. What comment does the speaker make about his motivations for being in nature when he was younger?

5. What evidence does the speaker provide that demonstrates how much he enjoyed the sensations of nature when he was younger?

6. What is the "sad perplexity" the speaker feels in line 62?

7. What does the speaker say he now sees in nature that he did not see when he was younger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one image of nature and one image of urban life from the poem. Write an essay that explicates these two passages, explaining how the techniques used in these passages create tone and meaning. Consider techniques such as diction, detail, sound devices, symbolism, and figurative language. Not all of these will be found in every chosen passage, but comment on those that do appear in the passages you choose and show how these contribute to each passage's overall effect. After you have finished your explications of these two passages, provide a paragraph of analysis that discusses how the two passages differ and what purpose this serves in the poem as a whole. Provide both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that examines "Tintern Abbey" as a loco-descriptive poem. Define the genre and then explain the elements of this specific poem that make it an example of the genre. Finally, offer insight into how Wordsworth uses this genre to express ideas characteristic of British Romanticism. Support your claims with evidence from the poem. Be sure to cite any outside sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the relationship "Tintern Abbey'" posits between nature, the sublime, and transcendence. Establish the literary definitions of the Romantic terms "sublime" and "transcendence" and then provide analysis of how the poem treats these topics and their relationship to nature. Provide textual evidence to support your analysis, and cite all sources in MLA format.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 811 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample