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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. What does the speaker say is not more irritable than he in "Lines for an Old Man"?
(a) A lion.
(b) A disturbed ant-hill.
(c) A mother deprived of her children.
(d) A tiger.

2. At what does the subject of "Animula" grasp?
(a) Tables and chairs.
(b) Hands and feet.
(c) Kisses and toys.
(d) Forks and knives.

3. Who is the "still unspeaking and unspoken Word" in "A Song for Simeon"?
(a) The Infant.
(b) The Servant.
(c) Israel.
(d) The Foreigner.

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

5. What word is repeated at the end of "Difficulties of a Statesman"?
(a) Power.
(b) Rejoice.
(c) Shantih.
(d) Resign.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people enjoy about marches like the one described in the "Triumphal March"?

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

3. The speaker of the "Preludes" has a notion of something infinitely what?

4. What is "more affectionate than hate" in "Lines for an Old Man"?

5. In the second part of the "Preludes", the speaker says that the morning comes to consciousness with faint smells of what?

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