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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) - Mr. Apollinax | Analysis for Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) - Hysteria.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker in "Hysteria" states that he becomes involved in "her" laughter until her teeth become what?
(a) Fragments of gold.
(b) Iron tables.
(c) Accidental stars.
(d) Short gasps.

2. What does the poem's speaker ask if he has the right to do at the very end of "Portrait of a Lady"?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Weep.
(c) Die.
(d) Smile.

3. What was the last name of "Aunt Helen"?
(a) Slingsby.
(b) Motherly.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Fasinta.

4. In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", it is said that the women "come and go, talking of" whom?
(a) Raphael.
(b) Leonardo.
(c) Dido.
(d) Michaelangelo.

5. How many servants did "Aunt Helen" have?
(a) Zero.
(b) Four.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the second part of the "Preludes", the speaker says that the morning comes to consciousness with faint smells of what?

3. Which two "guardians of the faith" kept watch upon the shelves?

4. The speaker in "Portrait of a Lady" states that his auditor would have the "scene arrange itself" among the smoke and fog of an afternoon in what month?

5. What does the speaker of the poem in the "Boston Evening Transcript" do after mounting the steps?

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