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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Minor Poems- Eyes that last I saw in tears.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many weeks leave a year does "Arthur Edward Cyril Parker" receive from his job as a telephone operator in "Difficulties of a Statesman"?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

2. Which of the following is used in Part I of "The Hollow Men" as a metaphor for the "dried voices" of the hollow men whispering to one another?
(a) Dead leaves rustling in the wind.
(b) Rats' feet over broken glass.
(c) Distant hinges squeaking closed.
(d) Pages of a book being thumbed in an adjacent room.

3. What sort of game are the women in "Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama" playing?
(a) A game with dice.
(b) A word game.
(c) A card game.
(d) A drawing game.

4. What compels the "scampering marmoset" in "Whispers of Immortality"?
(a) The anguish of the marrow.
(b) The Brazilian jaguar.
(c) The Abstract Entities.
(d) The Russian eye.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Prufrock say he shall wear the bottoms of his trousers?

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

3. Which of the following cities is not named in Part V of "The Waste Land", "What the Thunder Said"?

4. Between what two things are "Whispers and small laughter" found in "Marina"?

5. The speaker of "Ash Wednesday" informs a lady in Part II that what sat under a juniper tree?

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