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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "To the Indians Who Died in Africa," whom should a man see in the dust in front of his own door at sunset?
(a) His grandson.
(b) His wife.
(c) His children.
(d) His neighbor.

2. What sort bird calls through the fog at the end of "Marina"?
(a) A raven.
(b) A bluejay.
(c) A cardinal.
(d) A woodthrush.

3. The enemy in "Lines for an Old Man" is said to be dangling from what?
(a) The fruited tree.
(b) The hanging tree.
(c) The vicious tree.
(d) The friendly tree.

4. What does the speaker of "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" say should not be forgotten in later experience?
(a) The last-remembered Christmas Tree.
(b) The first-remembered Christmas present.
(c) The first-remembered Christmas meal.
(d) The first-remembered Christmas Tree.

5. In what kingdom is the speaker of "The wind sprang up at four o'clock"?
(a) Death's dream kingdom
(b) Death's ancient kingdom.
(c) Time's timeless kingdom.
(d) Life's dead kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is felt, in Part IV of "Four Quartets: East Coker", beneath the "bleeding hands"?

3. The juice of what does Mr. Hodgson press on "his palate fine" in "Five Finger Exercises"?

4. In the sixth chorus of 'The Rock,' it is said that it is hard for those who have never known persecution or a Christian to believe what?

5. In Part III of "Four Quartets: Burnt Norton", it is said that "time-ridden faces" are distracted from their distractions by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the speaker of "Lines for an Old Man" compare himself with a tiger?

2. What is the tone of the five parts of the "Five-Finger Exercises" and how is this indicated?

3. How is Part IV of "The Dry Salvages" different from the other four sections of the poem?

4. How was the speaker awoken in "The wind sprang up at four o'clock"?

5. What characterizes the tone of the poem in "Difficulties of a Statesman"?

6. What is implied by the repetition of the phrase "meaning / Death," in reference to the various stages of life's enjoyment in "Marina"?

7. What is a possible interpretation of the significance of the "Midwinter spring" described in Part I of "Little Gidding"?

8. In the sixth chorus of 'The Rock,' why is it said that men must build with "the sword in one hand and the trowel in the other"?

9. What does it mean to be "redeemed from fire by fire" as stated in the fourth part of "Little Gidding"?

10. What is implied about the owner of the eyes about whom the speaker is talking in "Eyes that last I saw in tears"?

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