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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. Whose "Russian eye" in "Whispers of Immortality" is "underlined for emphasis"?
(a) Grishkin's.
(b) Gushenka's.
(c) Sonya's.
(d) Katerina's.

2. What shall happen to those who praise the auditor of "A Song for Simeon"?
(a) They shall be gloried on earth.
(b) They shall wither.
(c) They shall be like gods in the eyes of men.
(d) They shall suffer on earth.

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

4. How many servants did "Aunt Helen" have?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Zero.

5. Who is the literal "he" that devours "us" in line 48 of "Gerontion"?
(a) De Bailhache.
(b) The old man.
(c) The tiger.
(d) Courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what in "Whispers of Immortality" was Webster much possessed?

2. By whom is the speaker in the first stanza of "Gerontion" being read?

3. To what animal's path will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children take?

4. For what did Donne in "Whispers of Immortality" find no substitute?

5. What does the speaker say unnatural vices are fathered by in "Gerontion"?

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