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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems (1920) - Le Directeur, Melange Adultere de Tout, Lune de Miel | Poems (1920) - The Hippopotamus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker in "Hysteria" states that he becomes involved in "her" laughter until her teeth become what?
(a) Fragments of gold.
(b) Accidental stars.
(c) Short gasps.
(d) Iron tables.

2. The speaker of the "Preludes" has a notion of something infinitely what?
(a) Patient and loving.
(b) Free and living.
(c) Gentile and suffering.
(d) Vast and deep.

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

4. What does the speaker say unnatural vices are fathered by in "Gerontion"?
(a) Our heroism.
(b) Our virtues.
(c) Our reconsidered passion.
(d) Oor impudent crimes.

5. What country has Mr. Apollinax visited according to the poem of the same name?
(a) Germany.
(b) Canada.
(c) Italy.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last time mentioned in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?

2. Who spreads a pink and white checkered cloth over a rusty table in "Hysteria"?

3. What does the hippopotamus do at night?

4. In the second part of the "Preludes", the speaker says that the morning comes to consciousness with faint smells of what?

5. At what time does "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" begin?

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