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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dry Salvages.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what are "Men and bits of paper" whirled about in "Burnt Norton," Part III?
(a) The eddies of time.
(b) The vacillation of spirit.
(c) The gyre of history.
(d) The cold wind.

2. From what are the "strained time-ridden faces" of Part III of "Burnt Norton" distracted?
(a) Distraction.
(b) Sincerity.
(c) Stillness.
(d) Opulence.

3. To what shall the vortex in "East Coker," Part II, bring the world?
(a) A destructive fire.
(b) A known unknown.
(c) A whispered scream.
(d) A deceitful visage.

4. Whose shine, discussed in Part IV of "The Dry Salvages" "stands on the promontory"?
(a) Krishna's.
(b) Christ's.
(c) The Lady's.
(d) Mars'.

5. Whose hidden laughter in the foliage does the speaker mention in the final lines of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Whispers.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Children.
(d) Memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker says in Part III of "The Dry Salvages" that the mind of a man may be intent, at the time of death, on whatever sphere of what?

2. In the final sentence of the third part of "The Dry Salvages," the speaker says, "Not fare well, but fare" what," voyagers"?

3. The speaker says that "each venture / Is a new" what in Part V of "East Coker"?

4. Which of the following is found at the still point of the world, as described in Part II?

5. What must there not be in the way wherein one goes in order to get "there," according to the speaker of Part III of "East Coker"?

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