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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 is the last thing the speaker remembers of Mrs. Phlaccus and Professor and Mrs. Cheetah in "Mr. Apollinax"?
(a) A bitten macaroon.
(b) A slice of lemon.
(c) The sound of a centaur's hoofs.
(d) Nothing at all.

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

3. What animal died shortly after "Aunt Helen"?
(a) The parrot.
(b) The dogs.
(c) The cat.
(d) The rat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where are "they" rattling breakfast plates in "Morning at the Window"?

4. The speaker says that the readers of the "Boston Evening Transcript" sway "in the wind like a field of" what?

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

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