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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what form is love caught, between un-being and being, according to Part V of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) The form of limitation.
(b) The form of temporality.
(c) The form of foolishness.
(d) The form of passion.

4. The speaker asks, in "Burnt Norton," Part IV, if chill fingers of what "be curled / Down on us"?
(a) Yew.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Wind.
(d) The clematis.

5. Where was the "unheard music" hidden in Part I of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Under the earth.
(b) The shrubbery.
(c) Outside the garden.
(d) The forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Only through what can time, as stated in the final line of "Burnt Norton," Part II, be conquered?

2. What is the last phrase of Part I of "East Coker"?

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

4. The pattern of what, according to the speaker's meditation in Part V of "East Coker," becomes more complicated?

5. What does the speaker, in Part I of "East Coker" state that his auditor can hear in the open field on a summer midnight?

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