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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?

2. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?

3. 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"?

4. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze the symbolic value of the River Wye in "Tintern Abbey." Draw on mentions of the river throughout the poem, including in the poem's title, as you build a case about what idea or ideas the presence of the river communicates. Provide both quoted and paraphrased evidence of diction, imagery, and detail that support your interpretation.

Essay Topic 2

In the final section of "Tintern Abbey," the speaker talks about a spiritual presence that moves through everything that observes and is observed. Write an essay that analyzes how Wordsworth uses polysyndeton, imagery, and diction to create a sense that everything is connected; explain how this sense of connectedness supports the poem's thematic concern with the spiritual unity of the world. Provide both quoted and paraphrased evidence to support your observations.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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