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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. At what time does "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" begin?
(a) Four in the morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Noon.
(d) Three in the afternoon.

2. The speaker of "Hysteria" concentrates his attention with "careful subtlety" to achieving what end?
(a) Reassembling the fragments of her teeth.
(b) Stopping the shaking of her breasts.
(c) Escaping the cavern in which he has been entrapped.
(d) Constructing a boat from what he finds around him.

3. At what does the "lustreless protrusive eye" stare at a perspective of in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?
(a) Canaletto.
(b) Sir Ferdinand Klein.
(c) The Rialto.
(d) Princess Volupine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the hippopotamus do at night?

3. How many servants did "Aunt Helen" have?

4. The speaker in "Hysteria" states that he becomes involved in "her" laughter until her teeth become what?

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

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