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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems (1920) - Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service | Poems (1920) - Sweeney Among the Nightingales.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last phrase of "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?
(a) "A madman shakes a dead geranium."
(b) "Prepare for life."
(c) "Regard the moon."
(d) "The last twist of the knife."

2. Who is said to be on the bed in "Sweeney Erect", curving backward and clutching at her sides?
(a) Doris.
(b) The epileptic.
(c) Mrs. Turner.
(d) The lady of the corridor.

3. What was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?
(a) Sokoski.
(b) Ellicott.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Slingsby.

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 chair.
(d) A table.

5. What two things are described as drifting above in the second stanza of "Sweeney Among the Nightingales"?
(a) Plague and the Crow.
(b) The Raven and Pestilence.
(c) Orion and the Dog.
(d) Death and the Raven.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to keep what warm does "our lot" crawl "between dry ribs" at the end of "Whispers of Immortality"?

2. In "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service", it is said that in the beginning was what?

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

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

5. What does the hippopotamus do at night?

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