12th Semester II Review

In “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” the speaker compares his second visit to the abbey to his first. In his view, how is the second visit different?

• It is more reflective.
• It is more emotional.
• It is more depressing.
• It is more memorable.

In “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” who is the speaker’s companion on his second visit to the abbey?

• a friend from France
• his new bride
• another poet
• his sister

Which phrase best summarizes the main topic of “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”?

• the wondrous and fleeting emotions of childhood
• the educational and religious benefits of solitude
• the kind and simple ways of the common folk
• the renewing and uplifting power of nature

In the selection from The Prelude, upon what foundation did the speaker originally think the French Revolution was based?

• a belief in Utopia
• a belief in Reason
• ideas from Heaven
• the American Revolution

In the selection from The Prelude, how does the speaker feel the French have betrayed their revolution?

• They have turned to a war of conquest.
• They have failed to defend themselves.
• They have engaged in violence.
• They have abandoned faith.

Which of these excerpts best summarizes the theme of the selection from The Prelude?

• In which the meager, stale, forbidding ways / Of custom, law, and statute …
• … I adhered / More firmly to old tenets.…
• I … toiled, intent / To anatomize the frame of social life,
• … I lost / All feeling of conviction.…

In what way does “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” most clearly exhibit elements of Romanticism?

• It conveys an awareness of self.
• It uses highly ornate language.
• It favors reason above nature.
• It celebrates the aristocracy.

What Romantic ideas are evident in the selection from The Prelude? Choose two options.

• the value of freedom
• a support of community
• the importance of nature
• a negative view of peasants
• an admiration for aristocracy

Read the following excerpt from The Prelude. And the errors into which I fell, betrayed By present objects, and by reasonings false From their beginnings, inasmuch as drawn Out of a heart that had been turned aside From Nature’s way by outward accidents, And which are thus confounded, more and more Misguided, and misguiding. What Romantic message about nature does the speaker convey in these lines?

• Reason is just as important as nature.
• Rejecting nature may lead to positive outcomes.
• Understanding nature is a difficult but rewarding task.
• A belief in nature can be undermined by real-life challenges.

Which of the following characterizes the idea of death for the speaker in “Ode to a Nightingale”?

• excitement and intrigue
• pleasure and delight
• horror and dread
• relief and ease