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Quiz about The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Quiz

I'm not much into poetry, but I love this poem. I couldn't believe no one else had created a quiz about this wonderful poem by T.S. Eliot, so I decided to do it myself.

A multiple-choice quiz by efvie. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
efvie

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
288,562

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1691

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 176 (10/10), Guest 223 (4/10), Guest 223 (4/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Finish this line from the first stanza of the poem: "Like a patient..." Hint

waiting for the doctor

etherized upon a table

lover

pet, awaiting praise

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Question 2 of 10

2. What do the sawdust restaurants contain? Hint

peanuts

lobster tails

oyster shells

cockroaches

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Question 3 of 10

3. What do the women talk of while they come and go? Hint

Michelangelo

Monet

Van Gogh

the weather

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Question 4 of 10

4. What "licked its tongue into the corners of the evening?" Hint

the cat

yellow smoke

the clouds

the coyote

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Question 5 of 10

5. Complete the line.

Line 30 and 31:
"Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred..." Hint

considerations

revisions

indecisions

visions

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Question 6 of 10

6. Finish this line

"And indeed there will be time
To wonder..." Hint

Do I dare?

How dare he?

Dare I go?

Who is she?

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which is *not* a description of the narrator in stanza four? Hint

well, but simply, dressed

going bald

losing his teeth

getting thin

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Question 8 of 10

8. With what has the narrator measured out his life? Hint

coffee spoons

yard sticks

measuring cups

measuring tapes

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who does the narrator not think will sing to him? Hint

mermaids

his friends

the women who come and go, talking of Michelangelo

the gods

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Question 10 of 10

10. The narrator laments of growing old with the following lines.

"Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a [what]? Hint

peach

pomegranate

apple

apricot

Most Recent Scores

Oct 29 2024 : Guest 176: 10/10
Oct 23 2024 : Guest 223: 4/10
Oct 23 2024 : Guest 223: 4/10
Oct 22 2024 : Guest 198: 9/10
Oct 21 2024 : Guest 106: 9/10
Oct 10 2024 : Guest 223: 10/10
Oct 04 2024 : Guest 83: 9/10
Oct 02 2024 : Guest 223: 10/10
Oct 01 2024 : Guest 47: 9/10

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Finish this line from the first stanza of the poem: "Like a patient..."

Answer: etherized upon a table

"LET us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherised upon a table;"

2. What do the sawdust restaurants contain?

Answer: oyster shells

"And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells"

3. What do the women talk of while they come and go?

Answer: Michelangelo

"In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo."

For some reason, this repeating line always appealed to me.

4. What "licked its tongue into the corners of the evening?"

Answer: yellow smoke

"The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes
Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening"

This line always reminded me of a cat, which is why I included it in my possible answers.

5. Complete the line. Line 30 and 31: "Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred..."

Answer: indecisions

"Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,"

Yes, "visions" and "revisions" directly follow this line, but "indecisions" is the correct ending to this particular line.

6. Finish this line "And indeed there will be time To wonder..."

Answer: Do I dare?

"And indeed there will be time
To wonder, 'Do I dare?' and, 'Do I dare?'"

I believe the narrator was trying to reassure himself that he still had time to dare to do the things he'd done or wanted to do in his youth, although he seems to abandon that hope soon after.

7. Which is *not* a description of the narrator in stanza four?

Answer: losing his teeth

"With a bald spot in the middle of my hair-
[They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!"]
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-
[They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!"]"

8. With what has the narrator measured out his life?

Answer: coffee spoons

"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;"

Something about this line always got me -- coffee spoons are such an every-day thing...like he's saying that we get lost in our every day lives and then realize that we've gotten old.

9. Who does the narrator not think will sing to him?

Answer: mermaids

"I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me."

I always thought this was a sad line.

10. The narrator laments of growing old with the following lines. "Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a [what]?

Answer: peach

"Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?"

The peach is a symbol of longevity.

Source: Author efvie

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