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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. Who spreads a pink and white checkered cloth over a rusty table in "Hysteria"?
(a) The beloved of the speaker.
(b) An effete boy.
(c) The speaker.
(d) An elderly waiter.

2. What God slowly left Burbank in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Ares.
(d) Hercules.

3. What shall wash the hippopotamus clean?
(a) The Blood of the Lamb.
(b) The water of the river.
(c) The first snow of the year.
(d) The fire of the Lord.

4. In the second part of the "Preludes", the speaker says that the morning comes to consciousness with faint smells of what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Smoke.

5. The speaker of "Hysteria" concentrates his attention with "careful subtlety" to achieving what end?
(a) Reassembling the fragments of her teeth.
(b) Constructing a boat from what he finds around him.
(c) Escaping the cavern in which he has been entrapped.
(d) Stopping the shaking of her breasts.

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 was the last name of "Aunt Helen"?

3. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?

4. When does the hippo's voice betray "inflexions hoarse and odd"?

5. What is the last phrase of "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?

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