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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Little Gidding.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker asserts in Part I of "The Dry Salvages" that the sea has many what?
(a) Gods and voices.
(b) Stories and whispers.
(c) Tragedies and failings.
(d) Truths and half-truths.

2. In what are the "Earth feet, loam feet" of Part I of "East Coker" lifted?
(a) Panicked flight.
(b) Somber rituals.
(c) Country mirth.
(d) Solemn jest.

3. What does the speaker of East Coker parallel with "death" in the final lines of Part I of "East Coker"?
(a) Dung.
(b) Life.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Drinking.

4. What is heard in Part II upon the "sodden floor / Below" pursuing a pattern as before?
(a) The machinations of men.
(b) The fixity of time.
(c) The long forgotten wars.
(d) The boarhound and the boar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "But to apprehend / The point of intersection of the timeless / With time, is an occupation for" whom according to Part V of "The Dry Salvages"?

2. To what agony do the "Whisper of running streams" and "The laughter in the garden" point, according to Part III of "East Coker"?

3. What sort of bird is in the first part of "Burnt Norton"?

4. What month is mentioned in the first line of the second part of "East Coker"?

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

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