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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. In order to keep what warm does "our lot" crawl "between dry ribs" at the end of "Whispers of Immortality"?
(a) Our hearts.
(b) Our metaphysics.
(c) Our mothers.
(d) Our souls.

2. At what does the "lustreless protrusive eye" stare at a perspective of in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?
(a) Canaletto.
(b) Sir Ferdinand Klein.
(c) The Rialto.
(d) Princess Volupine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two "guardians of the faith" kept watch upon the shelves?

2. What shall happen to those who praise the auditor of "A Song for Simeon"?

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

4. For what does the speaker in "A Song for Simeon" wait like a feather on the back of his hand?

5. What number does the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" ascribe to the last Christmas?

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