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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems (1920) - Gerontion | Poems (1920) - Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What God slowly left Burbank in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Ares.

3. What country has Mr. Apollinax visited according to the poem of the same name?
(a) Canada.
(b) Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) Italy.

4. Who spreads a pink and white checkered cloth over a rusty table in "Hysteria"?
(a) The speaker.
(b) The beloved of the speaker.
(c) An effete boy.
(d) An elderly waiter.

5. The speaker of "Hysteria" concentrates his attention with "careful subtlety" to achieving what end?
(a) Escaping the cavern in which he has been entrapped.
(b) Reassembling the fragments of her teeth.
(c) Stopping the shaking of her breasts.
(d) Constructing a boat from what he finds around him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. The speaker in "Hysteria" states that he becomes involved in "her" laughter until her teeth become what?

4. Who is the literal "he" that devours "us" in line 48 of "Gerontion"?

5. What does the speaker of the poem in the "Boston Evening Transcript" do after mounting the steps?

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