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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. Which two "guardians of the faith" kept watch upon the shelves?
(a) Matthew and Waldo.
(b) Alighieri and Spenser.
(c) Alfred and Omar.
(d) Virgil and Homer.

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

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

4. What does the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" say should not be forgotten in later experience?
(a) The first-remembered Christmas meal.
(b) The last-remembered Christmas Tree.
(c) The first-remembered Christmas present.
(d) The first-remembered Christmas Tree.

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 metaphysics.
(c) Our souls.
(d) Our hearts.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word aptly describes the dances that "Cousin Nancy" danced?

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

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

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