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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Burnt Norton.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Of what does the speaker claim in "Burnt Norton," Part V the detail is movement?
(a) The past.
(b) The sight.
(c) The pattern.
(d) The future.

5. In what way does the world move, according to the final three lines of Part II of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Fidelity.
(b) Appetency.
(c) Frivolity.
(d) Obstinacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hidden laughter in the foliage does the speaker mention in the final lines of "Burnt Norton"?

2. Above what do the speaker and his companions move in Part II of "Burnt Norton"?

3. What sort of bird is in the first part of "Burnt Norton"?

4. What is said to be "not here" in this "twittering world" in the "Burnt Norton"'s third part?

5. "Garlic and sapphires in the mud," described at the outset of Part II, clot what?

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