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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of bird is in the first part of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A thrush.
(c) A falcon.
(d) A robin.

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

3. The speaker states that a new world and the old are made what in Part II of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Spiritually imbued.
(b) Ecstatic.
(c) Implicit.
(d) Explicit.

4. Which of the following is found at the still point of the world, as described in Part II?
(a) The heart of the world.
(b) The dance.
(c) The rose-garden.
(d) The boar.

5. From what is man said in Part II of "Burnt Norton" to be protected by the "enchainment of past and future" in the body?
(a) Freedom and expression.
(b) Sin and sight.
(c) Heaven and damnation.
(d) Reality and truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what form is love caught, between un-being and being, according to Part V of "Burnt Norton"?

2. What is heard in Part II upon the "sodden floor / Below" pursuing a pattern as before?

3. What does the speaker say is all he can utter concerning where "we have been" in Part II?

4. What is a synonym for the word "eructation," used in the third part of "Burnt Norton"?

5. Time past and time future are said to "Allow but a little" what near the end of Part II of "Burnt Norton"?

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