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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ash-Wednesday (1930) | Ariel Poems - Journey of the Magi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the end of Part V of "The Hollow Men", is the way the world ends?
(a) In dazzling silence.
(b) Under the shadow.
(c) With a bang.
(d) With a whimper.

2. The penultimate line in Part IV of "Ash Wednesday" mentions how many whispers from the yew?
(a) One.
(b) A thousand.
(c) A hundred.
(d) An infinity.

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

4. What is the last thing the speaker remembers of Mrs. Phlaccus and Professor and Mrs. Cheetah in "Mr. Apollinax"?
(a) The sound of a centaur's hoofs.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) A slice of lemon.
(d) A bitten macaroon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", it is said that the women "come and go, talking of" whom?

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

3. Upon what is the "True Church" in The Hippopotamus based?

4. Which two "guardians of the faith" kept watch upon the shelves?

5. Which of the following is used in Part I of "The Hollow Men" as a metaphor for the "dried voices" of the hollow men whispering to one another?

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