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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. Who wonders at the tree in "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees"?
(a) The idiot.
(b) The child.
(c) The priest.
(d) The pagan.

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

3. For what did Donne in "Whispers of Immortality" find no substitute?
(a) Faith.
(b) Love.
(c) Sense.
(d) Anguish.

4. What, in the second stanza of "Whispers of Immortality" stares from the sockets of the eyes?
(a) Unfettered souls.
(b) Skeletal jaguars.
(c) Daffodil bulbs.
(d) Eyeballs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT an attitude towards Christmas which the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" states may be ignored?

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

4. Of what does the first coming remind "us" in "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees"?

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

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