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

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

3. What number does the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" ascribe to the last Christmas?
(a) The hundredth.
(b) The eightieth.
(c) The fiftieth.
(d) The ten-thousandth.

4. From what will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children flee?
(a) Spears of the soulless.
(b) Foreign faces and swords.
(c) Familiar faces turned hostile.
(d) Faithless faith-mongers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" say should not be forgotten in later experience?

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

5. What compels the "scampering marmoset" in "Whispers of Immortality"?

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