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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ariel Poems - The Cultivation of Christmas Trees.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal died shortly after "Aunt Helen"?
(a) The dogs.
(b) The cat.
(c) The rat.
(d) The parrot.

2. What word aptly describes the dances that "Cousin Nancy" danced?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Conventional.
(c) Scandalous.
(d) Modern.

3. To what animal's path will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children take?
(a) The lion's.
(b) The deer's.
(c) The goat's.
(d) The fox's.

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

5. Whose "Russian eye" in "Whispers of Immortality" is "underlined for emphasis"?
(a) Grishkin's.
(b) Katerina's.
(c) Gushenka's.
(d) Sonya's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in the second stanza of "Whispers of Immortality" stares from the sockets of the eyes?

2. For what did Donne in "Whispers of Immortality" find no substitute?

3. In order to keep what warm does "our lot" crawl "between dry ribs" at the end of "Whispers of Immortality"?

4. Which of the following is NOT an attitude towards Christmas which the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" states may be ignored?

5. What was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?

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