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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom is the speaker in the first stanza of "Gerontion" being read?
(a) His mother.
(b) A boy.
(c) His wife.
(d) A girl.

2. What disordered objects are left in a dusty room in "Animula"?
(a) Shillings.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Papers.
(d) Threads.

3. Of what school is the painter who is described in "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service"?
(a) Elysian.
(b) Ambrosian.
(c) Milesian.
(d) Umbrian.

4. In the second part of the "Preludes", the speaker says that the morning comes to consciousness with faint smells of what?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Vomit.

5. Who is the "still unspeaking and unspoken Word" in "A Song for Simeon"?
(a) Israel.
(b) The Infant.
(c) The Servant.
(d) The Foreigner.

6. Whom does the speaker in "Sweeney Erect" cite as saying that "The lengthened shadow of a man / Is history"?
(a) Arnold.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Dilthey.
(d) Tennyson.

7. What country has Mr. Apollinax visited according to the poem of the same name?
(a) Germany.
(b) The United States.
(c) Italy.
(d) Canada.

8. The penultimate line in Part IV of "Ash Wednesday" mentions how many whispers from the yew?
(a) An infinity.
(b) One.
(c) A hundred.
(d) A thousand.

9. Upon what is the "True Church" in The Hippopotamus based?
(a) The mud.
(b) A rock.
(c) Sand.
(d) Flesh and blood.

10. What, in "A Song for Simeon", are said to be "blooming in bowls"?
(a) Israeli violets.
(b) Roman hyacinths.
(c) English laurels.
(d) Frankish tulips.

11. Who is said to be on the bed in "Sweeney Erect", curving backward and clutching at her sides?
(a) Doris.
(b) Mrs. Turner.
(c) The epileptic.
(d) The lady of the corridor.

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

13. What was the last name of "Aunt Helen"?
(a) Fasinta.
(b) Slingsby.
(c) Motherly.
(d) Dresden.

14. What event is spoken of in the last line of the first part of the "Preludes"?
(a) The rustling of a newspaper.
(b) The tramping of a man's feet.
(c) The lighting of the lamps.
(d) The stamping of a horse.

15. At what does the subject of "Animula" grasp?
(a) Hands and feet.
(b) Forks and knives.
(c) Kisses and toys.
(d) Tables and chairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service", the masters of what sort of schools are considered controversial and polymath?

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

3. On what does the speaker in "La Figlia che Piange" tell his auditor to lean?

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

5. How many people speak in "Conversation Galante"?

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