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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. For what does the speaker in "A Song for Simeon" wait like a feather on the back of his hand?
(a) The winter sun.
(b) The consolation of Israel.
(c) The death wind.
(d) Glory and derision.

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

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) Derision.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Love.
(d) Definition.

4. What Shakespearean character does Prufrock say he is not?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Othello.
(c) Henry Bolingbroke.
(d) Antonio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service", it is said that in the beginning was what?

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

3. In the fragrant brilliance of what does the subject of "Animula" take pleasure?

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

5. What country has Mr. Apollinax visited according to the poem of the same name?

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