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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ash-Wednesday (1930) | Ariel Poems - Journey of the Magi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", it is said that the women "come and go, talking of" whom?
(a) Raphael.
(b) Michaelangelo.
(c) Dido.
(d) Leonardo.

2. What shall wash the hippopotamus clean?
(a) The fire of the Lord.
(b) The water of the river.
(c) The Blood of the Lamb.
(d) The first snow of the year.

3. In Part I of "The Waste Land", "The Burial of the Dead," which month is said to be the cruelest?
(a) October.
(b) April.
(c) December.
(d) May.

4. What does the speaker say unnatural vices are fathered by in "Gerontion"?
(a) Our heroism.
(b) Oor impudent crimes.
(c) Our virtues.
(d) Our reconsidered passion.

5. To whom is the last line of "Ash Wednesday" addressed?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) Mary.
(d) Satan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service", it is said that in the beginning was what?

2. What country has Mr. Apollinax visited according to the poem of the same name?

3. What does the speaker of the poem in the "Boston Evening Transcript" do after mounting the steps?

4. What was for the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi"a death?

5. What Shakespearean character does Prufrock say he is not?

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