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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Words and music are said to move, in the fifth part of "Burnt Norton," only in what?
(a) Truth and falsity.
(b) Time.
(c) Men's minds.
(d) The wind.

2. What, towards the end of "Burnt Norton"'s first part, rose quietly out of the water that came from sunlight?
(a) Children.
(b) The lotos.
(c) The cloud.
(d) The bird.

3. What month is mentioned in the first line of the second part of "East Coker"?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) January.

4. Which of the following does the speaker wish to hear of concerning old men, in "East Coker," Part II?
(a) Their lives.
(b) Their loves.
(c) Their folly.
(d) Their wisdom.

5. Whose shine, discussed in Part IV of "The Dry Salvages" "stands on the promontory"?
(a) Krishna's.
(b) The Lady's.
(c) Mars'.
(d) Christ's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Into what world does the speaker mention descending in the third part of "Burnt Norton"?

3. The speaker says in Part I of "The Dry Salvages" that "Between midnight and dawn... the past is all" what?

4. What is said to be "not here" in this "twittering world" in the "Burnt Norton"'s third part?

5. What do the passengers watch widen behind them on the "deck of the drumming liner" in Part III of "The Dry Salvages"?

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