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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What goes in and out of "unwholesome lungs" in Part III of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) Lies.
(b) Wind.
(c) Whispered prayers.
(d) Smoke.

2. Part V of "Little Gidding" states that "while the light fails / On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel / History is now and" what?
(a) The future.
(b) Evermore.
(c) England.
(d) The past.

3. The "time" which the speaker mentions in Part I of "The Dry Salvages" is older than "time counted by" what?
(a) The swell of the sea.
(b) The roots of the earth.
(c) Anxious worried women.
(d) Time immemorial.

4. In what form is love caught, between un-being and being, according to Part V of "Burnt Norton"?
(a) The form of foolishness.
(b) The form of passion.
(c) The form of limitation.
(d) The form of temporality.

5. To what agony do the "Whisper of running streams" and "The laughter in the garden" point, according to Part III of "East Coker"?
(a) Freedom and responsibility.
(b) Autumn and winter.
(c) Death and birth.
(d) Love and loss.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By a grace of what was the speaker surrounded in "Burnt Norton," Part II?

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

4. What is a synonymous word or phrase for the word "fructify," used in Part III of "The Dry Salvages"?

5. According to the speaker in Part V of "Little Gidding," "the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive" where?

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