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

2. What does the speaker of "La Figlia che Piange" tell his auditor to weave in her hair?
(a) Love.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Flowers.

3. By whom is the speaker in the first stanza of "Gerontion" being read?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) A boy.
(d) A girl.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Shakespearean character does Prufrock say he is not?

2. The speaker of the "Preludes" has a notion of something infinitely what?

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

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

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

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