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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ash-Wednesday (1930) | Ariel Poems - Journey of the Magi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What compels the "scampering marmoset" in "Whispers of Immortality"?
(a) The anguish of the marrow.
(b) The Abstract Entities.
(c) The Russian eye.
(d) The Brazilian jaguar.

2. 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.

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

4. What does the poem's speaker ask if he has the right to do at the very end of "Portrait of a Lady"?
(a) Smile.
(b) Weep.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Die.

5. Which of the following cities is not named in Part V of "The Waste Land", "What the Thunder Said"?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Athens.
(d) Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What lies on the table in the first stanza of "A Cooking Egg"?

5. The speaker of "Ash Wednesday" informs a lady in Part II that what sat under a juniper tree?

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