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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which flowers had "the look of flowers that are looked at" in Part I of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) The daisies.
(b) The roses.
(c) The daffodils.
(d) The tulips.

2. The speaker asks, in "Burnt Norton," Part IV, if chill fingers of what "be curled / Down on us"?
(a) The clematis.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Wind.
(d) Yew.

3. When darkness is present, as stated in the third part of "Burnt Norton," from what does it cleanse affection?
(a) The temporal.
(b) The shadow.
(c) The soul.
(d) The sensual.

4. In what way did the speaker, his auditor, and the flowers move in the garden of Part I of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) A vertical mien.
(b) A haphazard line.
(c) A lazy stroll.
(d) A formal pattern.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what world's inoperancy does the poem's narrator speak of in "Burnt Norton," Part III?

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

3. From what are the "strained time-ridden faces" of Part III of "Burnt Norton" distracted?

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

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

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