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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ariel Poems - The Cultivation of Christmas Trees.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does the first coming remind "us" in "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees"?
(a) The first man.
(b) The second coming.
(c) The beginning.
(d) The end of the world.

2. What animal died shortly after "Aunt Helen"?
(a) The dogs.
(b) The parrot.
(c) The rat.
(d) The cat.

3. Who is the "still unspeaking and unspoken Word" in "A Song for Simeon"?
(a) The Foreigner.
(b) Israel.
(c) The Servant.
(d) The Infant.

4. What, in "A Song for Simeon", are said to be "blooming in bowls"?
(a) Frankish tulips.
(b) English laurels.
(c) Roman hyacinths.
(d) Israeli violets.

5. What was the last name of "Aunt Helen"?
(a) Slingsby.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Fasinta.
(d) Motherly.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what is it said that Burbank in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar" is meditating at the poem's end?

2. Whose "Russian eye" in "Whispers of Immortality" is "underlined for emphasis"?

3. What word aptly describes the dances that "Cousin Nancy" danced?

4. In order to keep what warm does "our lot" crawl "between dry ribs" at the end of "Whispers of Immortality"?

5. What was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?

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