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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Minor Poems- Eyes that last I saw in tears.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does the first coming remind "us" in "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees"?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) The first man.
(c) The second coming.
(d) The beginning.

2. What word is notably repeated throughout the first half of "Marina"?
(a) Water.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

3. If the eyes spoken of in "Eyes that last I saw in tears" outlast the tears, in what will they hold the speaker?
(a) Love.
(b) Definition.
(c) Derision.
(d) Contempt.

4. The speaker of "Hysteria" concentrates his attention with "careful subtlety" to achieving what end?
(a) Escaping the cavern in which he has been entrapped.
(b) Stopping the shaking of her breasts.
(c) Reassembling the fragments of her teeth.
(d) Constructing a boat from what he finds around him.

5. What does the speaker of the poem in the "Boston Evening Transcript" do after mounting the steps?
(a) Shed a tear.
(b) Run back down.
(c) Sigh quietly.
(d) Ring the bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where do the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi" come in the second stanza?

2. What shall happen to those who praise the auditor of "A Song for Simeon"?

3. What is the last thing the speaker remembers of Mrs. Phlaccus and Professor and Mrs. Cheetah in "Mr. Apollinax"?

4. 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?

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

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