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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 in "Morning at the Window" "hovers in the air" and "vanishes along the level of the roofs"?
(a) An aimless smile.
(b) A dry exhale.
(c) A twisted face.
(d) A despondent wail.

2. Of whose "damp souls" is the speaker of "Morning at the Window" aware?
(a) Jewelers.
(b) Housemaids.
(c) Old wives.
(d) Chimney sweeps.

3. The speaker of the "Preludes" has a notion of something infinitely what?
(a) Gentile and suffering.
(b) Free and living.
(c) Vast and deep.
(d) Patient and loving.

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

5. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?
(a) The tramping of a man's feet.
(b) The lighting of the lamps.
(c) The stamping of a horse.
(d) The rustling of a newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal died shortly after "Aunt Helen"?

2. Under what did the poem's speaker look for Mr. Apollinax's head to roll?

3. 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?

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

5. What was the last name of "Aunt Helen"?

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