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The Works of T.S. Eliot 1888-1929

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Eliot, T. S. : The Works of T.S. Eliot 1888-1929

Introduction:
"This quiz is all about the works of T.S. Eliot between the years 1888 and 1929. Test your literary knowledge about one of the greatest poets of all time here! "


1. The poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" was first published in 1915 at the request of which other poet?
    Wallace Stevens
    Ezra Pound
    Carl Sandburg
    William Carlos Williams


2. What line follows "I grow old...I grow old..." in "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock"?
    "I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled."
    "I shall not believe all that I am told."
    "I shall cease to do as I am told."
    "I shall endeavour to be bold."


3. Poet Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach", published in 1867, alludes to which poem by Eliot?
    The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
    The Journey of The Magi
    Rhapsody on a Windy Night
    Sweeney Among the Nightingales


4. To whom did Eliot dedicate the poem "The Wasteland"?
    Ezra Pound
    William Yeats
    W.H. Auden
    James Joyce


5. Ezra Pound gave Eliot a nickname which he used as part of the title for a book of poetry for children. What was his nickname?
    Sullen Beaver
    Blind Weasel
    Frail Mongoose
    Old Possum


6. Eliot has sometimes been charged with antisemitism due to which of his works?
    Gerontion
    The Elder Statesman
    Murder in the Cathedral
    The Family Reunion


7. In which of Eliot's poems did he actually act as a minor role in the remake as a play?
    The Waste Land
    Murder in the Cathedral
    The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
    Ash Wednesday


8. Eliot's 'Ariel Poems' is a collection of poems written for Faber and Faber's series of Ariel Poems. Which of the following is not in the collection?
    Journey of the Magi
    Marina
    Coriolan
    A Song for Simeon


9. Which journal first published some of Eliot's poems?
    Harvard Advocate
    Dartmouth Jack 'o' Lantern
    Yale Review
    Jester of Columbia


10. Eliot wrote which piece in 1930, shortly after his conversion to the Anglican religion?
    The Elder Statesman
    The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
    The Wasteland
    Ash Wednesday


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