TS Eliot writes The Waste Land - Test
- 1. Which year was 'The Waste Land' published?
A) 1945
B) 1910
C) 1930
D) 1922
- 2. Who is often regarded as the protagonist or central voice in 'The Waste Land'?
A) Tiresias
B) Oedipus
C) Achilles
D) Medea
- 3. Where was T.S. Eliot born?
A) St. Louis, Missouri
B) Dublin, Ireland
C) Paris, France
D) London, England
- 4. In 'The Waste Land', what season is repeatedly mentioned?
A) April
B) August
C) February
D) November
- 5. Which literary movement is 'The Waste Land' often associated with?
A) Victorian literature
B) Romanticism
C) Modernism
D) Metaphysical poetry
- 6. Which poet is mentioned at the beginning of the poem for the line 'sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song'?
A) Edmund Spenser
B) John Milton
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Alexander Pope
- 7. Who was the dedicatee of 'The Waste Land'?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) James Joyce
C) Ezra Pound
D) D.H. Lawrence
- 8. How many parts does 'The Waste Land' consist of?
A) 7
B) 5
C) 10
D) 3
- 9. What is the opening line of 'The Waste Land'?
A) In the room the women come and go
B) Unreal city
C) There we shall meet again
D) April is the cruellest month
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