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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. At what time does "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" begin?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Three in the afternoon.
(c) Noon.
(d) Four in the morning.

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

3. What compels the "scampering marmoset" in "Whispers of Immortality"?
(a) The Brazilian jaguar.
(b) The Russian eye.
(c) The anguish of the marrow.
(d) The Abstract Entities.

4. Who spreads a pink and white checkered cloth over a rusty table in "Hysteria"?
(a) An effete boy.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The beloved of the speaker.
(d) An elderly waiter.

5. The speaker of "Ash Wednesday" informs a lady in Part II that what sat under a juniper tree?
(a) Six staring skulls.
(b) A hungry dog.
(c) A young maid.
(d) Three white leopards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Prufrock say he shall wear the bottoms of his trousers?

2. At what times does the speaker of "Animula" ask others to pray on the behalf of "us"?

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

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

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

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