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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what does the "lustreless protrusive eye" stare at a perspective of in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?
(a) Sir Ferdinand Klein.
(b) Canaletto.
(c) Princess Volupine.
(d) The Rialto.

2. Who in "Sweeney Among the Nightingales" "declines the gambit, shows fatigue"?
(a) The silent man in mocha brown.
(b) The person in the Spanish cape.
(c) The man with heavy eyes.
(d) Sweeney.

3. To what do the "lips that would kiss" in Part III of "The Hollow Men" form prayers?
(a) Broken stone.
(b) Deaf gods.
(c) Final answers.
(d) Ancient rites.

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

5. What in "Morning at the Window" "hovers in the air" and "vanishes along the level of the roofs"?
(a) A dry exhale.
(b) A twisted face.
(c) A despondent wail.
(d) An aimless smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose hand does the simple soul issue in "Animula"?

2. To whom is the last line of "Ash Wednesday" addressed?

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

4. For what does the speaker in "A Song for Simeon" wait like a feather on the back of his hand?

5. Who is said to be on the bed in "Sweeney Erect", curving backward and clutching at her sides?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of people are the "nightingales" among whom Sweeney cavorts in "Sweeney Among the Nightingales"?

2. What is the apparent distinction between the two speakers in "Conversation Galante"?

3. What is the significance of the lion made tame in the final stanza of "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?

4. What is the significance of the two stanzas concerned with Donne in "Whispers of Immortality"?

5. Who are the "ladies of the corridor" in "Sweeney Erect"?

6. What is a possible interpretation of the last two lines of "Whispers of Immortality", "But our lot crawls between dry ribs / To keep our metaphysics warm"?

7. What is the tone of the speaker in "Morning at the Window" and why?

8. What is meant at the end of the "Journey of the Magi" by the magi saying that they found death when they encountered the Christ child?

9. What is the significance of the "guardians of the faith" keeping watch upon the shelves in "Cousin Nancy"?

10. What is the relationship between the speaker and his interlocutor in "Portrait of a Lady"?

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