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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ariel Poems - The Cultivation of Christmas Trees.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what animal's path will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children take?
(a) The goat's.
(b) The deer's.
(c) The lion's.
(d) The fox's.

2. What number does the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" ascribe to the last Christmas?
(a) The hundredth.
(b) The ten-thousandth.
(c) The fiftieth.
(d) The eightieth.

3. How many servants did "Aunt Helen" have?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Four.
(d) Zero.

4. What word aptly describes the dances that "Cousin Nancy" danced?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Modern.
(c) Conventional.
(d) Scandalous.

5. What was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?
(a) Ellicott.
(b) Sokoski.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Slingsby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wonders at the tree in "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees"?

2. What shall happen to those who praise the auditor of "A Song for Simeon"?

3. What, in "A Song for Simeon", are said to be "blooming in bowls"?

4. What was the last name of "Aunt Helen"?

5. What compels the "scampering marmoset" in "Whispers of Immortality"?

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