1. Where, according to the first three lines of Part V of "Little Gidding," do "we start from?"
(a) The middle.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) The beginning.
(d) The end.

2. From what are the "strained time-ridden faces" of Part III of "Burnt Norton" distracted?
(a) Distraction.
(b) Opulence.
(c) Stillness.
(d) Sincerity.

3. "Water and fire deride" that which "we denied," in Part II of "Little Gidding"?
(a) Our weakness.
(b) The sacrifice.
(c) The guilt.
(d) The earth.

4. The speaker says in Part I of "Little Gidding" that "this is the nearest, in place and time, / Now and in England." To what is "this" the nearest?
(a) The world's end.
(b) The intersection of time and timelessness.
(c) The soul's desolation.
(d) The heavenly spheres.

5. Into what did the characters of "Burnt Norton"'s first part look towards the end?
(a) A pool.
(b) Their souls.
(c) The sky.
(d) A mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker states in Part III of "Little Gidding" that "It is not to ring the bell backward / Nor is it an incantation / To summon the spectre of a" what?

2. From where does the "wailing warning " of Part I of "The Dry Salvages" come?

3. The speaker questions whether or not who had "deceived us / Or deceived themselves" in Part II of "East Coker"?

4. The speaker says that "each venture / Is a new" what in Part V of "East Coker"?

5. The third part of "Little Gidding" says that Sin is what?

(see the answer key)

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