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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through East Coker.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what instrument's stillness, "while the note lasts," does the speaker explicitly speak in Part V of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) The violin.
(b) The cello.
(c) The organ.
(d) The piano.

2. What goes in and out of "unwholesome lungs" in Part III of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Wind.
(b) Whispered prayers.
(c) Lies.
(d) Smoke.

3. What is disturbed on the bowl of rose-leaves, as mentioned in the first part of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Time future.
(b) The bird.
(c) Dust.
(d) Memory.

4. In what must the speaker "freeze / And quake" in order to be warmed, as described in "East Coker"'s fourth part?
(a) Frigid purgatorial fires.
(b) Breath torrid and unworthy.
(c) Icy winds of loss.
(d) Endless smoke of briars.

5. The first line of Part III of "Burnt Norton" states that "here is a place of" what?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Disaffection.
(c) Stillness.
(d) Time future.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does the world move, according to the final three lines of Part II of "Burnt Norton"?

2. Time past and time future are said to "Allow but a little" what near the end of Part II of "Burnt Norton"?

3. Above what do the speaker and his companions move in Part II of "Burnt Norton"?

4. What does the speaker, in Part I of "East Coker" state that his auditor can hear in the open field on a summer midnight?

5. Which of the following is found at the still point of the world, as described in Part II?

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