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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Little Gidding.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the appeasement of what does the "trilling wire in the blood" of Part II in "Burnt Norton" sing?
(a) Long forgotten wars.
(b) The drift of stars.
(c) Inveterate scars.
(d) The circulation of the lymph.

2. In the final sentence of the third part of "The Dry Salvages," the speaker says, "Not fare well, but fare" what," voyagers"?
(a) Forward.
(b) Future.
(c) Fruitful.
(d) Fond.

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

4. The speaker asserts in Part II of "The Dry Salvages" that there "is no end, but" what?
(a) A renewal.
(b) Addition.
(c) Oblivion.
(d) A cycle.

5. In the litany of "usual / Pastimes and drugs, and features of the press," given in Part V of "The Dry Salvages," communication with which god is listed?
(a) The Triune God.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Arjuna.
(d) Mars.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker states in the third part of "Little Gidding" that "We cannot restore policies / Or follow" what?

2. In the seventh line of Part II of "East Coker," with what are late roses said to be filled?

3. Which of the following is not cataloged by the speaker as something "long looked forward to" in the second part of "East Coker"?

4. Where, according to the speaker in the third part of "East Coker," do they "all go into"?

5. If not, as stated in Part II, for what, there would be no dance?

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