Q01of 10
What structural form does Eliot use in the Thames-daughters' lament section ('Trams and dusty trees...')
Q02of 10
The refrain 'Sweet Thames, run softly' is borrowed from which earlier poet?
Q03of 10
When the speaker says 'at my back in a cold blast I hear / The rattle of the bones,' what literary technique is primarily at work?
Q04of 10
What does the figure of Tiresias chiefly represent in this section of the poem?
Q05of 10
Which of the following best describes the tone of the typist episode involving 'the young man carbuncular'?
Q06of 10
The line 'Et O ces voix d'enfants, chantant dans la coupole!' is taken from a poem by Paul Verlaine. What is its dramatic effect in this context?
Q07of 10
What does the image of the Thames 'sweating / Oil and tar' primarily convey?
Q08of 10
Mr. Eugenides, the 'Smyrna merchant / Unshaven, with a pocket full of currants,' asks the speaker to a 'weekend at the Metropole.' What does this episode most likely suggest?
Q09of 10
In the final lines, 'Burning burning burning burning / O Lord Thou pluckest me out,' Eliot draws on which two sources simultaneously?
Q10of 10
According to the poem, what does the typist do immediately after her encounter with the young man carbuncular?
0 / 10 answered