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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through East Coker.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the "unheard music" hidden in Part I of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Under the earth.
(b) The shrubbery.
(c) The forest.
(d) Outside the garden.

2. Which of the following does the speaker wish to hear of concerning old men, in "East Coker," Part II?
(a) Their folly.
(b) Their loves.
(c) Their wisdom.
(d) Their lives.

3. Which of the following is found at the still point of the world, as described in Part II?
(a) The heart of the world.
(b) The rose-garden.
(c) The dance.
(d) The boar.

4. The speaker says that "each venture / Is a new" what in Part V of "East Coker"?
(a) Beginning.
(b) End.
(c) Faith.
(d) Deception.

5. What does the speaker say "Crack and sometimes break, under the burden," in Part V of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Truths.
(b) Societies.
(c) Words.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. The final line of Part III of "East Coker" claims that "where you are is" what?

2. The first part of "Burnt Norton" says that footfalls echo in what?

3. The speaker claims in Part V of "East Coker" that what "is most nearly itself / When here and now cease to matter"?

4. What does the "wounded surgeon" ply in the first line of Part IV of "East Coker"?

5. What is said to be "not here" in this "twittering world" in the "Burnt Norton"'s third part?

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