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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is desiccated when the speaker descends into a different world in the latter lines of "Burnt Norton," Part III?
(a) The world of fancy.
(b) The world of spirit.
(c) The world of sense.
(d) The world of solitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When darkness is present, as stated in the third part of "Burnt Norton," from what does it cleanse affection?

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

3. By what are "Men and bits of paper" whirled about in "Burnt Norton," Part III?

4. The first line of Part III of "Burnt Norton" states that "here is a place of" what?

5. Where was the "unheard music" hidden in Part I of "Burnt Norton"?

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