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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. In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", it is said that the women "come and go, talking of" whom?
(a) Michaelangelo.
(b) Dido.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) Raphael.

2. What is celebrated by those marching into the city in "Triumphal March"?
(a) The crowning of a new king.
(b) Victory in war.
(c) Liberation from an oppressor.
(d) A peace treaty.

3. What, in "A Song for Simeon", are said to be "blooming in bowls"?
(a) Roman hyacinths.
(b) English laurels.
(c) Frankish tulips.
(d) Israeli violets.

4. In "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service", the masters of what sort of schools are considered controversial and polymath?
(a) Modern.
(b) Popular.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Subtle.

5. Behind what does the "small soul" of "Animula" curl up?
(a) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(b) The Grand Piano.
(c) The Encyclopaedia Britannica.
(d) Copleston's History of Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the literal "he" that devours "us" in line 48 of "Gerontion"?

3. In the second stanza of "Eyes that last I saw in tears", the speaker says that the eyes he shall not see again are eyes of what?

4. Of what school is the painter who is described in "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service"?

5. Which two "guardians of the faith" kept watch upon the shelves?

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