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

2. Who spreads a pink and white checkered cloth over a rusty table in "Hysteria"?
(a) The speaker.
(b) An effete boy.
(c) The beloved of the speaker.
(d) An elderly waiter.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many servants did "Aunt Helen" have?

4. To whom does the speaker hand a copy of the "Boston Evening Transcript"?

5. The "voice" in the second part of "Portrait of a Lady" says that her auditor, the poem's speaker, has no what?

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