Tintern Abbey Reading Check (aka Sebastian’s Quiz)

What is another word for lying at rest?

• Sycamore

• Murmur

• Repose

• Seclusion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which is a synonym for din?

• Supper

• House

• Whisper

• Loud noise

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does Wordsworth say is the “best portion of a good man’s life”?

• little acts of kindness and of love

• Great acts of courage and bravery

• The poetry he writes

• Their 12th grade year

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does corporeal mean?

• Relating to the mind

• Relating to a fruit

• Relating to the body

• Relating to business

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is that his spirit has often turned to when life is a struggle?

• A drink from the sink

• A river in a forest

• A cat in a hat

• A friend at the end

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the meaning of perplexity?

• Inability to deal with or understand something complicated

• Inability to touch your toes

• Inability to solve a math problem

• Inability to write a poem

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does Wordsworth describe as his anchor and nurse?

• Science

• Poetry

• Nature

• A river

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a synonym for perchance?

• Perhaps

• Money

• Jewelry

• Luck

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What made nature more dear to the poet?

• Many years of wandering

• Many years of study

• Many years of writing

• Many years of reposing

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9