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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. Where are "they" rattling breakfast plates in "Morning at the Window"?
(a) Ancient cupboards.
(b) Basement kitchens.
(c) Oaken tables.
(d) Dining halls.

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

3. The speaker says that the readers of the "Boston Evening Transcript" sway "in the wind like a field of" what?
(a) Ripe corn.
(b) Golden wheat.
(c) Uncut grass.
(d) Toy soldiers.

4. What does the speaker of the poem in the "Boston Evening Transcript" do after mounting the steps?
(a) Run back down.
(b) Ring the bell.
(c) Sigh quietly.
(d) Shed a tear.

5. To whom does the speaker hand a copy of the "Boston Evening Transcript"?
(a) Cousin Melville.
(b) Cousin Harriet.
(c) Cousin Thomas.
(d) Cousin Jones.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of whose "damp souls" is the speaker of "Morning at the Window" aware?

3. How does Prufrock say he shall wear the bottoms of his trousers?

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

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

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