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

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

3. What does the hippopotamus do at night?
(a) Mate.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Play.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what will the speaker of "A Song for Simeon" children's children flee?

2. Under what did the poem's speaker look for Mr. Apollinax's head to roll?

3. The enemy in "Lines for an Old Man" is said to be dangling from what?

4. What do "these cogitations" sometimes "still amaze" in "La Figlia che Piange"?

5. What does the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" say should not be forgotten in later experience?

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