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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 was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?
(a) Sokoski.
(b) Slingsby.
(c) Ellicott.
(d) Eliot.

2. Under what did the poem's speaker look for Mr. Apollinax's head to roll?
(a) A chair.
(b) An automobile.
(c) A broadway marquee.
(d) A table.

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

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

5. What is the last thing the speaker remembers of Mrs. Phlaccus and Professor and Mrs. Cheetah in "Mr. Apollinax"?
(a) A slice of lemon.
(b) A bitten macaroon.
(c) The sound of a centaur's hoofs.
(d) Nothing at all.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the hippopotamus do at night?

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

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

5. The speaker in "Hysteria" states that he becomes involved in "her" laughter until her teeth become what?

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