1. The speaker says near the end of Part V of "East Coker" that old men ought to be what?
(a) Grievers.
(b) Explorers.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Friends.

2. What is the "dignified and commodious sacrament" mentioned in Part I of "East Coker"?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Penance.
(c) Communion.
(d) Marriage.

3. By a grace of what was the speaker surrounded in "Burnt Norton," Part II?
(a) Thought.
(b) Sense.
(c) Deprivation.
(d) Incomprehensibility.

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

5. The speaker states in "The Dry Salvages"'s last part that the "hint half guessed, the gift half understood, is" what?
(a) Invocation.
(b) Incarnation.
(c) Annunciation.
(d) Annihilation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In conjunction with the assertion that the stillness shall be the dancing, the speaker postulates in "East Coker"'s third part that the darkness shall be what?

2. What is the last phrase of Part I of "East Coker"?

3. Which of the following does the speaker wish to hear of concerning old men, in "East Coker," Part II?

4. What does the speaker say is "in the fir trees" in the first part of "The Dry Salvages"?

5. The speaker asserts in Part I of "The Dry Salvages" that the sea has many what?

(see the answer key)

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