The Waste Land Quizzes

The Waste Land Quiz 1

1 Which month is the "cruellest"?
May

December

April

September
2 Where is the Starnbergersee?
in Paris

just outside London

in Michigan

near Munich
3 "The river sweats...
water."

fumes and fire."

oil and tar."

saffron and lilac."
4 Who is demobbed?
Madame Sosostris

Sweeney

Lil's husband

Prufrock
5 "Demobbed" means:
"lynched"

"killed"

"awarded with a medal of honor"

"released from the army"
6 What battle did Stetson supposedly participate in?
Mylae

the Battle of Britain

the Battle of the Bulge

Waterloo
7 "By the waters of ____ I sat down and wept..."
the Thames

the Seine

Leman

the Nile
8 Which of the following cities is mentioned in "The Waste Land"?
Marseilles

Timbuktu

Novgorod

Vienna
9 Magnus Martyr is a:
epic poem

ocean

church

football stadium
10 The opening section of "The Waste Land" is entitled:
"Shantih"

"The Burial of the Dead"

"Death by Water"

"The Fire Sermon"
11 Who visits the typist?
the young man carbuncular

a Bradford millionaire

Prufrock

Mrs. Porter
12 Who witnesses the visit?
Vivienne

Madame Sosostris

Tiresias

Ezra Pound
13 The clairvoyant is named
Mrs. Porter

Vivienne

Madame Sosostris

Aldous Huxley
14 Mr. Eugenides is a:
filmmaker

poet

witch doctor

merchant
15 Mr. Eugenides invites the Narrator to:
Venice

the Ritz Carlton

the Cannon Street Hotel

the Plaza
16 "the _____ hour"
violet

turquoise

indigo

aqua
17 Who is "throbbing between two lives"?
Phlebas

Mr. Eugenides

Tiresias

the typist
18 The narrator is told that he should fear death by:
water

starvation

disease

fire
19 "When lovely woman stoops to folly" is an allusion to:
the Koran

Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield

Hamlet

Ovid's Metamorphoses
20 Who rapes Philomela?
the typist

Tereus

Zeus

Odysseus
21 Translate "Oed' und leer das Meer"
"Desolate and empty is the sea"

"A kiss is just a kiss"

"Isolde is lost forever"

"The ship has arrived, appearing on the horizon"
22 Which of the following works of literature does Eliot NOT cite?
The Spanish Tragedie

The Inferno

Hamlet

On The Road
23 In what city is Queen Victoria Street (in the poem)?
New York

Gloucester

Boston

London
24 What does the Narrator know when confronted with the hyacinth girl?
the reason he is in love

the way to restore fruitfulness to the wasteland

the meaning of life

nothing
25 Who is "known to be the wisest woman in Europe, / With a wicked pack of cards"?
Mrs. Porter

Cleopatra

the typist

Madame Sosostris

How is the poem associated with disillusion and loss

Loss in the poem is multifaceted. There is a sense of loss of faith in a higher purpose, a loss of connection between individuals, and a loss of a coherent identity. The urban landscapes described are sterile and lonely, and human interactions are...

Asked by Vision C #1385770

Answered by Larry B #1360870 on 9/12/2025 12:21 PM