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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. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?
(a) The stamping of a horse.
(b) The rustling of a newspaper.
(c) The tramping of a man's feet.
(d) The lighting of the lamps.

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

3. In what shall the "True Church" of "The Hippopotamus" remained wrapped below?
(a) Splendor and glory.
(b) Eternal quagmire.
(c) Miasmal mist.
(d) Virginal robes.

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

5. What is the last time mentioned in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?
(a) Four in the morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Four in the afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the hippopotamus never reach, in contrast to the Church which is refreshed by similar objects from overseas?

2. What God slowly left Burbank in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?

3. At what does the "lustreless protrusive eye" stare at a perspective of in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?

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

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

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