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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines for an Old Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the literal "he" that devours "us" in line 48 of "Gerontion"?
(a) The old man.
(b) The tiger.
(c) Courage.
(d) De Bailhache.

2. 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.

3. Which of the following is NOT an attitude towards Christmas which the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" states may be ignored?
(a) The torpid.
(b) The rowdy.
(c) The patently commercial.
(d) The jovial.

4. Whose "Russian eye" in "Whispers of Immortality" is "underlined for emphasis"?
(a) Katerina's.
(b) Sonya's.
(c) Gushenka's.
(d) Grishkin's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say is not more irritable than he in "Lines for an Old Man"?

2. At what door might the speaker of "Eyes that last I saw in tears" see the eyes again?

3. What shall wash the hippopotamus clean?

4. The speaker of the "Preludes" has a notion of something infinitely what?

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

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