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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Choruses from 'The Rock'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does the speaker in "A Song for Simeon" wait like a feather on the back of his hand?
(a) The death wind.
(b) The winter sun.
(c) The consolation of Israel.
(d) Glory and derision.

2. Behind what does the "small soul" of "Animula" curl up?
(a) The Grand Piano.
(b) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(c) Copleston's History of Philosophy.
(d) The Encyclopaedia Britannica.

3. The enemy in "Lines for an Old Man" is said to be dangling from what?
(a) The hanging tree.
(b) The vicious tree.
(c) The friendly tree.
(d) The fruited tree.

4. In the sixth chorus of 'The Rock,' it is said that it is hard for those who have never known persecution or a Christian to believe what?
(a) Tales of Christian persecution.
(b) The truth of the Faith.
(c) The security of Christianity.
(d) The defeat of violence.

5. The speaker in "Hysteria" states that he becomes involved in "her" laughter until her teeth become what?
(a) Fragments of gold.
(b) Iron tables.
(c) Short gasps.
(d) Accidental stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the poet shall "try" man's well-preserved complacency in the third of the "Five Finger Exercises"?

2. In what shall the "True Church" of "The Hippopotamus" remained wrapped below?

3. What disordered objects are left in a dusty room in "Animula"?

4. To which of the following are the lines of the fifth of the "Five Finger Exercises" addressed?

5. From what will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children flee?

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