British Lit Modern Era Poetry Review

In "The Hollow Men" what image does Eliot use in stanza 1?

• scarecrow - straw men

• dead men

• happy men

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In "The Hollow Men" who are "those who have crossed with direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom"?

• men who didn't fight

• men who died in the war

• hollow men

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In "The Hollow Men" what image does Eliot use in the first stanza of section 2?

• a battlefield

• the ocean

• a tree swinging

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In "The Hollow Men" what might the dead land mentioned at the beginning of section 3 be?

• a battlefield

• a graveyard

• Europe

• any of the above

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In "The Hollow Men" what image does Eliot use in the first stanza of section 4?

• a meeting place

• valley of dying stars

• roses

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In "September 1, 1939" where is the speaker?

• in a dive on 52nd street

• at home

• walking on 52nd street

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In "September 1, 1939" how is the speaker feeling?

• angry and ready to fight

• tired and alone

• uncertain and afraid

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In "September 1, 1939" how does the speaker describe the 1930s?

• a low dishonest decade

• a brave decade

• a hard decade

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In "September 1, 1939" why is the "unmentionable odour of death" in the air?

• the war is over

• war has been declaired

• there was an accident

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In "September 1, 1939" what does the speaker say about "those to whom evil is done"?

• They resist

• they suffer

• they do evil in return

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