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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Burnt Norton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If not, as stated in Part II, for what, there would be no dance?
(a) The stars.
(b) The still point.
(c) The boar.
(d) The heart of the world.

2. The speaker states in Part V of "Burnt Norton" that "Desire itself is movement," that is what?
(a) Not in itself desirable.
(b) Itself unmoving.
(c) The quick of movement.
(d) The cause and end of movement.

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

4. Which of the following is found at the still point of the world, as described in Part II?
(a) The heart of the world.
(b) The dance.
(c) The rose-garden.
(d) The boar.

5. What is a synonym for the word "eructation," used in the third part of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Building-up.
(b) Belching.
(c) Obviation.
(d) Destruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the speaker claim in "Burnt Norton," Part V the detail is movement?

2. "Garlic and sapphires in the mud," described at the outset of Part II, clot what?

3. What sort of bird is in the first part of "Burnt Norton"?

4. What is heard in Part II upon the "sodden floor / Below" pursuing a pattern as before?

5. From what are the "strained time-ridden faces" of Part III of "Burnt Norton" distracted?

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