The Waste Land Overview Quiz

What is Madame Sosostris's special talent?

Question Answer Choices Dancing Poker Fortune telling Singing

What special ability does the prophet Tiresias have?

Question Answer Choices To predict the future To see the true nature of things To raise the dead To turn lead into gold (alchemy)

Who is Phelbas the Phoenician?

Question Answer Choices A soothsayer A drowned sailor A warrior A politician

What is the name of the "modern city"?

Question Answer Choices Eugenides City Hydrangea City Metropolis City Unreal City

Who is the subject of the long discussion which begins Section V, "What the Thunder Said"?

Question Answer Choices Vishnu Jesus Christ Buddha Virgin Mary

What do all these cities, Jerusalem, Athens, Alexandria, Vienna, and London, cited in Section V, have in common?

Question Answer Choices Each was the birthplace of a religious leader They are all sites of political murders All were destroyed or fell into moral decay All are ruled by kings

From what has the character Albert just been released?

Question Answer Choices His job Prison The military His marriage vows

Where does Marie "feel free"?

Question Answer Choices At a cemetery In the mountains At the seashore In the forest

While section one is primarily about death, what concern dominates section two?

Question Answer Choices Disaster Birth Sex Love

In what season does the poem begin?

Question Answer Choices Spring Winter Fall Summer