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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 first man.
(b) The beginning.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) The second coming.

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

3. What is the last phrase of "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?
(a) "The last twist of the knife."
(b) "Regard the moon."
(c) "Prepare for life."
(d) "A madman shakes a dead geranium."

4. What was the last name of "Aunt Helen"?
(a) Motherly.
(b) Slingsby.
(c) Fasinta.
(d) Dresden.

5. The "voice" in the second part of "Portrait of a Lady" says that her auditor, the poem's speaker, has no what?
(a) Winged foot.
(b) Petrarchan mind.
(c) Elysian hope.
(d) Achilles' heel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" say should not be forgotten in later experience?

2. What object in "Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama" is related to a coffin?

3. What was for the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi"a death?

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

5. Which of the following phrases is repeated throughout Part II of "The Waste Land", "A Game of Chess"?

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