The Waste Land

by T.S. Eliot
1. Which month is the "cruellest"?
DECEMBER
SEPTEMBER
APRIL
MAY
2. Where is the Starnbergersee?
JUST OUTSIDE LONDON
NEAR MUNICH
IN MICHIGAN
IN PARIS
3. "The river sweats...
SAFFRON AND LILAC."
WATER."
OIL AND TAR."
FUMES AND FIRE."
4. Who is demobbed?
LIL'S HUSBAND
PRUFROCK
MADAME SOSOSTRIS
SWEENEY
5. "Demobbed" means:
"RELEASED FROM THE ARMY"
"LYNCHED"
"KILLED"
"AWARDED WITH A MEDAL OF HONOR"
6. What battle did Stetson supposedly participate in?
WATERLOO
MYLAE
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
7. "By the waters of ____ I sat down and wept..."
THE NILE
THE THAMES
THE SEINE
LEMAN
8. Which of the following cities is mentioned in "The Waste Land"?
VIENNA
NOVGOROD
TIMBUKTU
MARSEILLES
9. Magnus Martyr is a:
FOOTBALL STADIUM
CHURCH
EPIC POEM
OCEAN
10.The opening section of "The Waste Land" is entitled:
"SHANTIH"
"THE FIRE SERMON"
"DEATH BY WATER"
"THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD"
11.Who visits the typist?
A BRADFORD MILLIONAIRE
THE YOUNG MAN CARBUNCULAR
MRS. PORTER
 PRUFROCK
12.Who witnesses the visit?
VIVIENNE
EZRA POUND
TIRESIAS
MADAME SOSOSTRIS
13.The clairvoyant is named
MADAME SOSOSTRIS
MRS. PORTER
ALDOUS HUXLEY
VIVIENNE
14.Mr. Eugenides is a:
POET
FILMMAKER
WITCH DOCTOR
MERCHANT
15.Mr. Eugenides invites the Narrator to:
VENICE
THE PLAZA
THE RITZ CARLTON
THE CANNON STREET HOTEL
16."the _____ hour"
VIOLET
INDIGO
AQUA
TURQUOISE
17.Who is "throbbing between two lives"?
THE TYPIST
PHLEBAS
 MR. EUGENIDES
TIRESIAS
18.The narrator is told that he should fear death by:
FIRE
DISEASE
STARVATION
WATER
19."When lovely woman stoops to folly" is an allusion to:
HAMLET
THE KORAN
OLIVER GOLDSMITH'S THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
OVID'S METAMORPHOSES
20.Who rapes Philomela?
THE TYPIST
ZEUS
ODYSSEUS
TEREUS
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?
HAMLET
THE SPANISH TRAGEDIE
ON THE ROAD
THE INFERNO
23.In what city is Queen Victoria Street (in the poem)?
BOSTON
 NEW YORK
GLOUCESTER
LONDON
24.What does the Narrator know when confronted with the hyacinth girl?
THE REASON HE IS IN LOVE
NOTHING
THE WAY TO RESTORE FRUITFULNESS TO THE WASTELAND
THE MEANING OF LIFE
25.Who is "known to be the wisest woman in Europe, / With a wicked pack
of cards"?
THE TYPIST
CLEOPATRA
MADAME SOSOSTRIS
MRS. PORTER