The Waste Land Quizzes

The Waste Land Quiz 1

1 Which month is the "cruellest"?
April

December

September

May
2 Where is the Starnbergersee?
near Munich

just outside London

in Paris

in Michigan
3 "The river sweats...
fumes and fire."

water."

oil and tar."

saffron and lilac."
4 Who is demobbed?
Prufrock

Lil's husband

Sweeney

Madame Sosostris
5 "Demobbed" means:
"killed"

"lynched"

"released from the army"

"awarded with a medal of honor"
6 What battle did Stetson supposedly participate in?
the Battle of Britain

the Battle of the Bulge

Mylae

Waterloo
7 "By the waters of ____ I sat down and wept..."
the Nile

the Seine

the Thames

Leman
8 Which of the following cities is mentioned in "The Waste Land"?
Timbuktu

Novgorod

Vienna

Marseilles
9 Magnus Martyr is a:
church

ocean

epic poem

football stadium
10 The opening section of "The Waste Land" is entitled:
"The Burial of the Dead"

"The Fire Sermon"

"Death by Water"

"Shantih"
11 Who visits the typist?
Prufrock

the young man carbuncular

Mrs. Porter

a Bradford millionaire
12 Who witnesses the visit?
Tiresias

Madame Sosostris

Vivienne

Ezra Pound
13 The clairvoyant is named
Aldous Huxley

Madame Sosostris

Vivienne

Mrs. Porter
14 Mr. Eugenides is a:
merchant

witch doctor

poet

filmmaker
15 Mr. Eugenides invites the Narrator to:
the Plaza

Venice

the Ritz Carlton

the Cannon Street Hotel
16 "the _____ hour"
indigo

aqua

violet

turquoise
17 Who is "throbbing between two lives"?
Phlebas

the typist

Tiresias

Mr. Eugenides
18 The narrator is told that he should fear death by:
water

starvation

disease

fire
19 "When lovely woman stoops to folly" is an allusion to:
Ovid's Metamorphoses

Hamlet

Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield

the Koran
20 Who rapes Philomela?
Odysseus

the typist

Tereus

Zeus
21 Translate "Oed' und leer das Meer"
"The ship has arrived, appearing on the horizon"

"A kiss is just a kiss"

"Isolde is lost forever"

"Desolate and empty is the sea"
22 Which of the following works of literature does Eliot NOT cite?
The Inferno

On The Road

Hamlet

The Spanish Tragedie
23 In what city is Queen Victoria Street (in the poem)?
London

New York

Gloucester

Boston
24 What does the Narrator know when confronted with the hyacinth girl?
nothing

the reason he is in love

the meaning of life

the way to restore fruitfulness to the wasteland
25 Who is "known to be the wisest woman in Europe, / With a wicked pack of cards"?
Cleopatra

Madame Sosostris

the typist

Mrs. Porter

The title, The Burial of the Dead, speaks to the theme of death and loss and the continuity of suffering and spiritual decay.

Asked by bonface g #509926

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/21/2024 11:04 AM

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What is the actual setting of the wasteland Eliot describes?

The Waste Land is set in a post war wastelend... a place destroyed by a massive war. The poem was written post WWI.

Asked by tingali

Answered by jill d #170087 on 7/7/2023 10:24 AM

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What does the thunder say? Why does Eliot suggest bringing order to self in a disordered world?

The poem closes with the repetition of the three words the thunder said: "Give, show compassion, and control yourself." This is what will help a disordered world.

Asked by Riya D #1270286

Answered by Aslan on 11/20/2022 6:03 PM

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The Waste Land

by T.S. Eliot

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