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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) - Mr. Apollinax | Analysis for Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) - Hysteria.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what did the poem's speaker look for Mr. Apollinax's head to roll?
(a) A table.
(b) A broadway marquee.
(c) An automobile.
(d) A chair.

2. How does Prufrock say he shall wear the bottoms of his trousers?
(a) Dingy.
(b) Shredded.
(c) Pressed.
(d) Rolled.

3. The speaker in "Portrait of a Lady" states that his auditor would have the "scene arrange itself" among the smoke and fog of an afternoon in what month?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) July.
(d) October.

4. At what time does "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" begin?
(a) Three in the afternoon.
(b) Four in the morning.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.

5. In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", it is said that the women "come and go, talking of" whom?
(a) Raphael.
(b) Dido.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) Michaelangelo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?

2. The speaker of "Hysteria" concentrates his attention with "careful subtlety" to achieving what end?

3. To whom does the speaker hand a copy of the "Boston Evening Transcript"?

4. Where are "they" rattling breakfast plates in "Morning at the Window"?

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

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