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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. When does the hippo's voice betray "inflexions hoarse and odd"?
(a) Mating time.
(b) At birth.
(c) Night time.
(d) The early morning.

2. What was for the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi"a death?
(a) The birth of Christ.
(b) Taking up their old dispensation.
(c) The return journey.
(d) The length of their journey.

3. What, according to the end of Part V of "The Hollow Men", is the way the world ends?
(a) Under the shadow.
(b) With a bang.
(c) In dazzling silence.
(d) With a whimper.

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

5. What does the speaker of "La Figlia che Piange" tell his auditor to weave in her hair?
(a) Love.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. To what do the "lips that would kiss" in Part III of "The Hollow Men" form prayers?

4. To where do the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi" come in the second stanza?

5. Who is claimed as "our sentimental friend" in "Conversation Galante"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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"?

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

4. What is a possible interpretation of the line, "Teach us to care and not to care" in "Ash-Wednesday"?

5. How does the simple soul begin its life, according to the first 13 lines of "Animula"?

6. What is the meaning of the phrase in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" , "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons"?

7. What is the tone of the speaker towards his life in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night", and how is this indicated in the poem?

8. What sort of life did the speaker of "Gerontion" live?

9. Why is Sweeney uncomfortable in "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service"?

10. 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?

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