The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

The poem begins with an epigraph that alludes to

• Bocaccio's "Decameron"
• Dante's "Inferno"
• Petrarch's "Odes" 
• Virgil's "Aeneid"

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What crisis does Prufrock face?

• The loss of his mother and his dreams
• a physical illness that makes him despondant
• his visit with the woman he want to profess his love for
• the annihilation of the city he lives in

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Prufrock's views his urban surroundings as

• a brothel
• a prison
• a beast
• a druggie

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In the first simile in the poem, Eliot compares the evening to 

• a patient drugged for surgery
• an oasis welcoming a desert wanderer
• a liberating flight of fancy
• a graceful but deadly predator

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Who is the eternal Footman?

• God
• Satan
• The angel Gabriel
• Death

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What Shakespearean character does Prufrock compare himself to?

• Hamlet
• Othello 
• Lear
• Macbeth

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A poem or speech in which a character addresses a silent listener.

• haiku
• dramatic monologue
• sestina
• free verse

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What is the most salient aspect of Prufrock's physical appearance, mentioned at least three times?

• his glasses
• his shoes
• his paleness
• his baldness 

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What does Prufrock wonder if he should dare eat?

• a banana
• a peach
• a grapefruit
• an apple

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What possible significance does this food have?

• it is a symbol for male genitalia
• it is a symbol for female genitalia
• it is a symbol for death
• it is a symbol of happiness

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