The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

What does the repetition of 'Let us go' signify in the poem?

• It emphasizes the speaker's reluctance to take action.    

• It indicates the speaker's desire to stay indoors. 

• It adds to the flow and rhythm of the poem.

• It does not have any specific purpose.

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What emotions or moods arise from the portrayal of "certain streets that are half-empty" and "restless nights spent in budget motels"? How does this imagery deepen your interpretation of the poem?

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What Shakespearean character does Prufrock compares himself to?

• Othello

• Orsino

• Hamlet

• Macbeth

Whom does the narrator think will not sing to him?

• The Chorus

• Mermaids

• Princess

• His lover

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What was the original title of the poem?

• Prufrock Among the Women

• Love Song

• Modernism

• Ode to Prufrock

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In much of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” readers follow the speaker’s train of thought directly because T.S. Eliot uses __________.

• allusions

• stream of consciousness

• metaphor and simile

• an omniscient narrator

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Why does Prufrock not speak to the women at the party?

• He fears that they will reject him.

• He used to date several of them

• He was not invited to the party.

• He won't interrupt their meaningful discussions.

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Let us go then, you and I, While the evening is spread out against the sky, Like a patient etherized upon a table—T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” 

• synaesthesia

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

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How would you describe J. Alfred Prufrock?

• Lacks Self-Confidence

• Over-Confident

• In Love

• a Lady's Man

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Which of these writers influenced T. S. Eliot's works the most?

• Elizabeth Jennings

• William Empson

• Ezra Pound

• John Crowe Ransom

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