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

3. What reality does the poem attempt to convey behind the impressive display of the "Triumphal March"?
(a) The fecundity of love.
(b) The inevitability of death.
(c) The frivolity of war.
(d) The temporality of power.

4. What object in "Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama" is related to a coffin?
(a) A ten-sided playing dice.
(b) The two of spades.
(c) An image of a flowerbox.
(d) The word "coffer."

5. What word aptly describes the dances that "Cousin Nancy" danced?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Scandalous.
(c) Conventional.
(d) Modern.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker in "Portrait of a Lady" states that his auditor would have the "scene arrange itself" among the smoke and fog of an afternoon in what month?

2. Who is the "still unspeaking and unspoken Word" in "A Song for Simeon"?

3. Who tries to sit on Sweeney's knees in "Sweeney Among the Nightingales"?

4. What is not more still than when the speaker of "Lines for an Old Man" smells "the enemy"?

5. Who is said to be on the bed in "Sweeney Erect", curving backward and clutching at her sides?

(see the answer key)

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