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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. The speaker in "Hysteria" states that he becomes involved in "her" laughter until her teeth become what?
(a) Accidental stars.
(b) Iron tables.
(c) Short gasps.
(d) Fragments of gold.

2. The speaker of "Eyes that last I saw in tears" says that what he sees, but that what he does not see, is his what?
(a) Dream.
(b) Joy.
(c) Terror.
(d) Affliction.

3. At the end of their journey, at what time did the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi" prefer to travel?
(a) Morning.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Evening.
(d) Night.

4. Who is said to be unpleasantly met in the fifth of the "Five Finger Exercises"?
(a) Mr. Eliot.
(b) A Yorkshire Terrier.
(c) Mirza Mura Ali Beg.
(d) Ralph Hodgson Esquire.

5. At what door might the speaker of "Eyes that last I saw in tears" see the eyes again?
(a) The door of dreaming.
(b) The door of death's other kingdom.
(c) The door of death's dream kingdom.
(d) The door of life's long hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many servants did "Aunt Helen" have?

2. What did the wind break when it sprang up in The wind sprang up at four o'clock"?

3. What in "Morning at the Window" "hovers in the air" and "vanishes along the level of the roofs"?

4. The speaker says that the readers of the "Boston Evening Transcript" sway "in the wind like a field of" what?

5. What is the last thing the speaker remembers of Mrs. Phlaccus and Professor and Mrs. Cheetah in "Mr. Apollinax"?

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