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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker in "Portrait of a Lady" states that his auditor would have the "scene arrange itself" among the smoke and fog of an afternoon in what month?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) December.
(d) March.

2. Who tries to sit on Sweeney's knees in "Sweeney Among the Nightingales"?
(a) Rachel nee Rabinovitch.
(b) The person in the Spanish cape.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) The waiter who brings in oranges.

3. Of whose "damp souls" is the speaker of "Morning at the Window" aware?
(a) Housemaids.
(b) Chimney sweeps.
(c) Jewelers.
(d) Old wives.

4. What shall happen to those who praise the auditor of "A Song for Simeon"?
(a) They shall suffer on earth.
(b) They shall be like gods in the eyes of men.
(c) They shall be gloried on earth.
(d) They shall wither.

5. What do "these cogitations" sometimes "still amaze" in "La Figlia che Piange"?
(a) The soul as bruised and torn as the body.
(b) Troubled midnight and noon's repose.
(c) The lover's hair and armfull of flowers.
(d) The dawning and gloaming of the world.

6. What does the poem's speaker ask if he has the right to do at the very end of "Portrait of a Lady"?
(a) Die.
(b) Smile.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Weep.

7. What can the hippopotamus never reach, in contrast to the Church which is refreshed by similar objects from overseas?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Pomegranates.
(c) Lives.
(d) Wealth.

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

9. To whom does the speaker hand a copy of the "Boston Evening Transcript"?
(a) Cousin Jones.
(b) Cousin Thomas.
(c) Cousin Harriet.
(d) Cousin Melville.

10. What two things are described as drifting above in the second stanza of "Sweeney Among the Nightingales"?
(a) Orion and the Dog.
(b) The Raven and Pestilence.
(c) Plague and the Crow.
(d) Death and the Raven.

11. Who is said to be on the bed in "Sweeney Erect", curving backward and clutching at her sides?
(a) The lady of the corridor.
(b) Doris.
(c) Mrs. Turner.
(d) The epileptic.

12. What does the speaker of the poem in the "Boston Evening Transcript" do after mounting the steps?
(a) Run back down.
(b) Shed a tear.
(c) Ring the bell.
(d) Sigh quietly.

13. What Shakespearean character does Prufrock say he is not?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Othello.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Henry Bolingbroke.

14. 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) Pages of a book being thumbed in an adjacent room.
(b) Dead leaves rustling in the wind.
(c) Distant hinges squeaking closed.
(d) Rats' feet over broken glass.

15. Where are "they" rattling breakfast plates in "Morning at the Window"?
(a) Basement kitchens.
(b) Dining halls.
(c) Ancient cupboards.
(d) Oaken tables.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What lies on the table in the first stanza of "A Cooking Egg"?

3. What animal died shortly after "Aunt Helen"?

4. By what in "Whispers of Immortality" was Webster much possessed?

5. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?

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