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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. What was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Ellicott.
(c) Sokoski.
(d) Slingsby.

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

3. Under what did the poem's speaker look for Mr. Apollinax's head to roll?
(a) A table.
(b) A broadway marquee.
(c) A chair.
(d) An automobile.

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

5. What is the last time mentioned in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Four in the afternoon.
(d) Four in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spreads a pink and white checkered cloth over a rusty table in "Hysteria"?

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

3. The speaker in "Hysteria" states that he becomes involved in "her" laughter until her teeth become what?

4. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?

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

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