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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 passion.
(b) The form of foolishness.
(c) The form of limitation.
(d) The form of temporality.

2. What does the speaker say "Crack and sometimes break, under the burden," in Part V of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Men.
(b) Societies.
(c) Words.
(d) Truths.

3. Of what world's inoperancy does the poem's narrator speak of in "Burnt Norton," Part III?
(a) The world of fancy.
(b) The world of spirit.
(c) The world of solitude.
(d) The world of sense.

4. What is a synonym for the word "eructation," used in the third part of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Building-up.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Belching.
(d) Obviation.

5. Of what instrument's stillness, "while the note lasts," does the speaker explicitly speak in Part V of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) The organ.
(b) The piano.
(c) The cello.
(d) The violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the appeasement of what does the "trilling wire in the blood" of Part II in "Burnt Norton" sing?

2. In "Burnt Norton," what is daylight said to invest form with in Part III, when it is present?

3. What does the speaker state is eternally present in Part I of "Burnt Norton"?

4. Into what world does the speaker mention descending in the third part of "Burnt Norton"?

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

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