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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. At what time does "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" begin?
(a) Three in the afternoon.
(b) Four in the morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Noon.

2. In the second part of the "Preludes", the speaker says that the morning comes to consciousness with faint smells of what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Beer.

3. What word aptly describes the dances that "Cousin Nancy" danced?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Modern.
(c) Conventional.
(d) Scandalous.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?

4. On what is it said that Burbank in "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar" is meditating at the poem's end?

5. What do "these cogitations" sometimes "still amaze" in "La Figlia che Piange"?

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