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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Garlic and sapphires in the mud," described at the outset of Part II, clot what?
(a) The still point of the turning world.
(b) The artery of truth.
(c) The bedded axle-tree.
(d) The memory of inveterate scars.

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

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

4. 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 foolishness.
(c) The form of passion.
(d) The form of temporality.

5. The first part of "Burnt Norton" says that footfalls echo in what?
(a) The memory.
(b) The rose-garden.
(c) Time future.
(d) The bowl of rose-leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say "Crack and sometimes break, under the burden," in Part V of "Burnt Norton"?

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

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

4. What is disturbed on the bowl of rose-leaves, as mentioned in the first part of "Burnt Norton"?

5. Which of the following is found at the still point of the world, as described in Part II?

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