The Prelude - Key Quotations

Identify the missing words:

'One ...... evening (led by .... ) I found

A little boat tied to a ....... tree'

• winter / him / oak

• summer/ her / willow

• summer / him / willow

• winter / her / oak

Identify the missing words:

'It was an act of ........

And troubled ..........'

• defiance / pain

• freedom / pain

• defiance / pleasure

• stealth / pleasure

Identify the missing words:

'The horizon's bound, a ..... peak, black and .......

As if with voluntary ........ instinct'

• huge / huge / power

• magnificent / huge / strength

• black / huge / power

• twisted / huge / strength

Identify the missing words:

'moved ........ through the ......

By day, and were a trouble to my .......

• quickly / mind / soul

• painfully / soul / dreams

• slowly / soul / dreams

• slowly / mind / dreams

Which words from the poem describe the lake?

• 'upreared its head...strode after me'

• 'glittering...sparkling'

• 'a trouble to my dreams'

• 'a little boat'

Which words from the poem describe the mountain?

• 'upreared its head...strode after me'

• 'glittering...sparkling'

• 'a trouble to my dreams'

• 'a little boat'

Which words from the poem describe him not being able to forget?

• 'upreared its head...strode after me'

• 'glittering...sparkling'

• 'a trouble to my dreams'

• 'a little boat'

Finish the quote from The Prelude: 'It was a time of...'

• rapture
• happiness
• fear
• sadness

Fill in the missing words:

"...up between me and the...

• raised/ water

• came/ boat

• towered/ stars

• ran/ lake

What is the missing word?

"She was an elfin pinnace' ...

I dipped my oars into the silent lake,"

• lustily

• slowly

• quickly

• caressingly