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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. By whom is the speaker in the first stanza of "Gerontion" being read?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) A girl.
(d) A boy.

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

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

4. What is the last phrase of "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?
(a) "Prepare for life."
(b) "The last twist of the knife."
(c) "A madman shakes a dead geranium."
(d) "Regard the moon."

5. Who is the literal "he" that devours "us" in line 48 of "Gerontion"?
(a) The tiger.
(b) Courage.
(c) De Bailhache.
(d) The old man.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On what is it said that Burbank in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar" is meditating at the poem's end?

4. The speaker of "Hysteria" concentrates his attention with "careful subtlety" to achieving what end?

5. Under what did the poem's speaker look for Mr. Apollinax's head to roll?

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