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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is said to be on the bed in "Sweeney Erect", curving backward and clutching at her sides?
(a) Mrs. Turner.
(b) The lady of the corridor.
(c) The epileptic.
(d) Doris.

2. At what times does the speaker of "Animula" ask others to pray on the behalf of "us"?
(a) Now and at the hour of our death.
(b) At our birth and at our death.
(c) Now and for all eternity.
(d) Now and at the hour of our birth.

3. In the fragrant brilliance of what does the subject of "Animula" take pleasure?
(a) The lapping waters of the river.
(b) The Christmas tree.
(c) The flickering candle.
(d) The shine and jingle of a set of keys.

4. Who shall be the speaker's bride in A Cooking Egg?
(a) Madame Blavatsky.
(b) Pipit.
(c) Beatrice Valanche.
(d) Lucretia Borgia.

5. What image is used as a metaphor in the second Landscape?
(a) A marketplace.
(b) A river.
(c) A field.
(d) A kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the speaker say Cape Ann, the last Landscape, truly belongs?

2. Behind what does the "small soul" of "Animula" curl up?

3. Whom does the speaker in "Sweeney Erect" cite as saying that "The lengthened shadow of a man / Is history"?

4. Which Greek god does the speaker in "Sweeney Erect" insist be displayed above him in the poem's second stanza?

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

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