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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what must the speaker "freeze / And quake" in order to be warmed, as described in "East Coker"'s fourth part?
(a) Endless smoke of briars.
(b) Frigid purgatorial fires.
(c) Breath torrid and unworthy.
(d) Icy winds of loss.

2. "But to apprehend / The point of intersection of the timeless / With time, is an occupation for" whom according to Part V of "The Dry Salvages"?
(a) The philosopher.
(b) The common man.
(c) The saint.
(d) The mystic.

3. The speaker of Part II of "The Dry Salvages" states that "the moments of" what "are likewise permanent"?
(a) Revelation.
(b) Agony.
(c) Joy.
(d) Time.

4. Only through what can time, as stated in the final line of "Burnt Norton," Part II, be conquered?
(a) Eternity.
(b) Truth.
(c) Death.
(d) Time.

5. What inhabits the garden of "Burnt Norton"'s first part?
(a) Other birds.
(b) Other times.
(c) Other footfalls.
(d) Other echoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what agony do the "Whisper of running streams" and "The laughter in the garden" point, according to Part III of "East Coker"?

2. What is the "dignified and commodious sacrament" mentioned in Part I of "East Coker"?

3. What is said in Part III of "The Dry Salvages" to be "no healer"?

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

5. Which of the following does the speaker wish to hear of concerning old men, in "East Coker," Part II?

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