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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Choruses from 'The Rock'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what animal's path will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children take?
(a) The fox's.
(b) The deer's.
(c) The goat's.
(d) The lion's.

2. In the second chorus of 'The Rock,' it is said that the people will neglect what?
(a) The body.
(b) The Faith.
(c) The mind.
(d) The Temple.

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

4. What word aptly describes the dances that "Cousin Nancy" danced?
(a) Modern.
(b) Conventional.
(c) Scandalous.
(d) Conservative.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part I of "The Waste Land", "The Burial of the Dead," which month is said to be the cruelest?

3. In the fragrant brilliance of what does the subject of "Animula" take pleasure?

4. Which of the following is used in Part I of "The Hollow Men" as a metaphor for the "dried voices" of the hollow men whispering to one another?

5. What, in "A Song for Simeon", are said to be "blooming in bowls"?

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