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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems (1920) - Le Directeur, Melange Adultere de Tout, Lune de Miel | Poems (1920) - The Hippopotamus.

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) The Rialto.
(d) Princess Volupine.

2. By whom is the speaker in the first stanza of "Gerontion" being read?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) A boy.
(d) A girl.

3. On what is it said that Burbank in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar" is meditating at the poem's end?
(a) Tepid tea-times.
(b) Time's ruins and the seven laws.
(c) Frugality and frivolity.
(d) The vacillations of seasonal uniformity.

4. What does the hippopotamus do at night?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Mate.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many servants did "Aunt Helen" have?

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

3. Who spreads a pink and white checkered cloth over a rusty table in "Hysteria"?

4. In what shall the "True Church" of "The Hippopotamus" remained wrapped below?

5. What animal died shortly after "Aunt Helen"?

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