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1. What does 'T.S.' stand for, in his name?
2. Where was Eliot born?
3. Which preparatory school did Eliot attend?
4. Which college did Eliot attend?
5. Eliot earned a scholarship for which Oxford college?
6. What were the names of Eliot's parents?
7. The poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" was first published in 1915 at the request of which other poet?
8. What line follows "I grow old...I grow old..." in "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock"?
9. Who did Eliot marry in the summer of 1915?
10. Eliot was one of the leading figures of the New Critical Movement. Which of the following was not?
11. Eliot's "The Journey of The Magi", published in 1927, recalls which poem by poet Matthew Arnold?
12. Which great English poet did Eliot teach at Highgate School?
13. To whom did Eliot dedicate the poem "The Wasteland"?
14. Eliot wrote "Ash Wednesday" a few years after his conversion to what religion?
15. Ezra Pound gave Eliot a nickname which he used as part of the title for a book of poetry for children. What was his nickname?
16. Which philosopher is mentioned in the title of Eliot's doctoral thesis which he sent to Harvard?
17. Eliot has sometimes been charged with Antisemitism due to which of his works?
18. In which of Eliot's poems did he actually act as a minor role in the remake as a play?
19. Which journal first published some of Eliot's poems?
20. Eliot's Ariel Poems is a collection of poems written for Faber and Faber's series of Ariel Poems. Which of the following is not in the collection?
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