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

2. For what did Donne in "Whispers of Immortality" find no substitute?
(a) Faith.
(b) Anguish.
(c) Love.
(d) Sense.

3. Whom does the speaker in "Sweeney Erect" cite as saying that "The lengthened shadow of a man / Is history"?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Arnold.
(c) Dilthey.
(d) Tennyson.

4. Over what do multitudes weep, as reported in the final stanza of A Cooking Egg?
(a) Crumpets and scones.
(b) Tea and biscuits.
(c) Fear and loathing.
(d) Beer and bread.

5. At the end of their journey, at what time did the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi" prefer to travel?
(a) Evening.
(b) Night.
(c) Morning.
(d) Afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word aptly describes the dances that "Cousin Nancy" danced?

2. What lies on the table in the first stanza of "A Cooking Egg"?

3. Of whose "damp souls" is the speaker of "Morning at the Window" aware?

4. What does the hippopotamus do at night?

5. What does the poem's speaker ask if he has the right to do at the very end of "Portrait of a Lady"?

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