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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems (1920) - Le Directeur, Melange Adultere de Tout, Lune de Miel | Poems (1920) - The Hippopotamus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the hippo's voice betray "inflexions hoarse and odd"?
(a) Night time.
(b) At birth.
(c) The early morning.
(d) Mating time.

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

3. What does the hippopotamus do at night?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Play.
(d) Mate.

4. In the second part of the "Preludes", the speaker says that the morning comes to consciousness with faint smells of what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Beer.
(d) Vomit.

5. What can the hippopotamus never reach, in contrast to the Church which is refreshed by similar objects from overseas?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Pomegranates.
(d) Lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What God slowly left Burbank in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?

2. What is the last time mentioned in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?

3. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?

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

5. Who spreads a pink and white checkered cloth over a rusty table in "Hysteria"?

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