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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last phrase of "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"?
(a) "Regard the moon."
(b) "Prepare for life."
(c) "The last twist of the knife."
(d) "A madman shakes a dead geranium."

2. From whose hand does the simple soul issue in "Animula"?
(a) Man's.
(b) God's.
(c) The world's soul's.
(d) The earth's.

3. Of whose "damp souls" is the speaker of "Morning at the Window" aware?
(a) Jewelers.
(b) Old wives.
(c) Housemaids.
(d) Chimney sweeps.

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

5. What shall wash the hippopotamus clean?
(a) The water of the river.
(b) The Blood of the Lamb.
(c) The first snow of the year.
(d) The fire of the Lord.

6. Which of the following is used in Part I of "The Hollow Men" as a metaphor for the "dried voices" of the hollow men whispering to one another?
(a) Rats' feet over broken glass.
(b) Pages of a book being thumbed in an adjacent room.
(c) Dead leaves rustling in the wind.
(d) Distant hinges squeaking closed.

7. How many people speak in "Conversation Galante"?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

8. Who is claimed as "our sentimental friend" in "Conversation Galante"?
(a) Madam Humorist.
(b) Eamon Rood.
(c) The moon.
(d) Prester John.

9. On what does the speaker in "La Figlia che Piange" tell his auditor to lean?
(a) A garden urn.
(b) The pavement of the stair.
(c) A vine-covered wall.
(d) The noon's repose.

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

11. Where are "they" rattling breakfast plates in "Morning at the Window"?
(a) Ancient cupboards.
(b) Dining halls.
(c) Basement kitchens.
(d) Oaken tables.

12. Which of the following phrases is repeated throughout Part II of "The Waste Land", "A Game of Chess"?
(a) "I can't help it."
(b) "Hurry up please it's time."
(c) "Shantih, Shantih, Shantih."
(d) "Sweet Thames, run softly."

13. To where do the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi" come in the second stanza?
(a) An empty cave.
(b) A summer palace.
(c) A temperate valley.
(d) A cold mountain peak.

14. In "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service", the masters of what sort of schools are considered controversial and polymath?
(a) Subtle.
(b) Modern.
(c) Popular.
(d) Ancient.

15. Which of the following cities is not named in Part V of "The Waste Land", "What the Thunder Said"?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what shall the "True Church" of "The Hippopotamus" remained wrapped below?

3. At the end of their journey, at what time did the speakers of the "Journey of the Magi" prefer to travel?

4. Over what do multitudes weep, as reported in the final stanza of A Cooking Egg?

5. When does the hippo's voice betray "inflexions hoarse and odd"?

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