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

2. The speaker of the "Preludes" has a notion of something infinitely what?
(a) Free and living.
(b) Gentile and suffering.
(c) Patient and loving.
(d) Vast and deep.

3. How many people speak in "Conversation Galante"?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

5. Who is claimed as "our sentimental friend" in "Conversation Galante"?
(a) Madam Humorist.
(b) Eamon Rood.
(c) Prester John.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did Donne in "Whispers of Immortality" find no substitute?

2. In the second part of the "Preludes", the speaker says that the morning comes to consciousness with faint smells of what?

3. How many servants did "Aunt Helen" have?

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

5. Who shall be the speaker's bride in A Cooking Egg?

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