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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 does the hippopotamus do at night?
(a) Mate.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Play.

2. What can the hippopotamus never reach, in contrast to the Church which is refreshed by similar objects from overseas?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Lives.
(d) Pomegranates.

3. Who is the literal "he" that devours "us" in line 48 of "Gerontion"?
(a) De Bailhache.
(b) Courage.
(c) The tiger.
(d) The old man.

4. What, in the second stanza of "Whispers of Immortality" stares from the sockets of the eyes?
(a) Eyeballs.
(b) Unfettered souls.
(c) Skeletal jaguars.
(d) Daffodil bulbs.

5. What is the last time mentioned in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?
(a) Noon.
(b) Four in the morning.
(c) Four in the afternoon.
(d) Midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the speaker in "Sweeney Erect" cite as saying that "The lengthened shadow of a man / Is history"?

2. Over what do multitudes weep, as reported in the final stanza of A Cooking Egg?

3. Whom does the speaker claim is inane in "Conversation Galante"?

4. What is the last phrase of "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?

5. Where are "they" rattling breakfast plates in "Morning at the Window"?

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