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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 shall wash the hippopotamus clean?
(a) The first snow of the year.
(b) The Blood of the Lamb.
(c) The water of the river.
(d) The fire of the Lord.

2. Whose "Russian eye" in "Whispers of Immortality" is "underlined for emphasis"?
(a) Grishkin's.
(b) Gushenka's.
(c) Sonya's.
(d) Katerina's.

3. The speaker says that the readers of the "Boston Evening Transcript" sway "in the wind like a field of" what?
(a) Ripe corn.
(b) Toy soldiers.
(c) Golden wheat.
(d) Uncut grass.

4. What was the last name of "Cousin Nancy"?
(a) Ellicott.
(b) Eliot.
(c) Sokoski.
(d) Slingsby.

5. To where do the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi" come in the second stanza?
(a) A cold mountain peak.
(b) A temperate valley.
(c) An empty cave.
(d) A summer palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?

2. The speaker of "Hysteria" concentrates his attention with "careful subtlety" to achieving what end?

3. When does the hippo's voice betray "inflexions hoarse and odd"?

4. Under what did the poem's speaker look for Mr. Apollinax's head to roll?

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

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