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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through East Coker.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the speaker wish to hear of concerning old men, in "East Coker," Part II?
(a) Their folly.
(b) Their lives.
(c) Their wisdom.
(d) Their loves.

2. Into what did the characters of "Burnt Norton"'s first part look towards the end?
(a) A mirror.
(b) Their souls.
(c) A pool.
(d) The sky.

3. Words and music are said to move, in the fifth part of "Burnt Norton," only in what?
(a) Time.
(b) The wind.
(c) Men's minds.
(d) Truth and falsity.

4. Into what world does the speaker mention descending in the third part of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) The world of ineffable sound.
(b) The world without man.
(c) The world of lachrymose souls.
(d) The world of perpetual solitude.

5. Time past and time future are said to "Allow but a little" what near the end of Part II of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Sense.
(c) Faith.
(d) Thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what wisdom does the speaker hope to acquire, as stated near the end of Part II of "East Coker"?

2. What month is mentioned in the first line of the second part of "East Coker"?

3. From what are the "strained time-ridden faces" of Part III of "Burnt Norton" distracted?

4. In what must the speaker "freeze / And quake" in order to be warmed, as described in "East Coker"'s fourth part?

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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