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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Minor Poems- Eyes that last I saw in tears.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what did Donne in "Whispers of Immortality" find no substitute?
(a) Anguish.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Sense.

2. What object is the speaker of "Marina" considering when he states that the object is "less clear and clearer"?
(a) A painting.
(b) A face.
(c) A pulse.
(d) A voice.

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

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

5. What was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?
(a) Slingsby.
(b) Eliot.
(c) Sokoski.
(d) Ellicott.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what times does the speaker of "Animula" ask others to pray on the behalf of "us"?

2. What is the last time mentioned in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?

3. To what animal's path will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children take?

4. When does the hippo's voice betray "inflexions hoarse and odd"?

5. Over what do multitudes weep, as reported in the final stanza of A Cooking Egg?

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