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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems (1920) - Gerontion | Poems (1920) - Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Prufrock say he shall wear the bottoms of his trousers?
(a) Shredded.
(b) Pressed.
(c) Rolled.
(d) Dingy.

2. At what does the "lustreless protrusive eye" stare at a perspective of in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar"?
(a) Canaletto.
(b) Sir Ferdinand Klein.
(c) Princess Volupine.
(d) The Rialto.

3. How many people speak in "Conversation Galante"?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

5. What Shakespearean character does Prufrock say he is not?
(a) Henry Bolingbroke.
(b) Othello.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Antonio.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker of "Hysteria" concentrates his attention with "careful subtlety" to achieving what end?

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

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

4. What is the last thing the speaker remembers of Mrs. Phlaccus and Professor and Mrs. Cheetah in "Mr. Apollinax"?

5. On what does the speaker in "La Figlia che Piange" tell his auditor to lean?

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