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

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

3. When does the hippo's voice betray "inflexions hoarse and odd"?
(a) The early morning.
(b) Night time.
(c) At birth.
(d) Mating time.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What animal died shortly after "Aunt Helen"?

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

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

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