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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) Katerina's.
(b) Sonya's.
(c) Grishkin's.
(d) Gushenka's.

2. Which of the following is NOT an attitude towards Christmas which the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" states may be ignored?
(a) The torpid.
(b) The jovial.
(c) The patently commercial.
(d) The rowdy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children flee?

2. What, in the second stanza of "Whispers of Immortality" stares from the sockets of the eyes?

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

4. What was the last name of "Aunt Helen"?

5. Who wonders at the tree in "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees"?

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