TEST - 23 - The Waste Land, God's Grandeur, Byzantium

In Byzantium, the line “The unpurged images of day recede” suggests:

• The cleansing of the soul from worldly visions
• A literal sunset
• The decline of Byzantine art
• Political corruption fading away

The phrase “A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains” in Byzantium is an example of:

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

In Byzantium, “phantasmagoria” most nearly means:

• A series of real-life memories
• A shifting sequence of dreamlike images
• A religious ritual
• A political uprising

In Byzantium, the “emperor’s palace” primarily symbolizes:

• Political power of Byzantium
• The eternal realm of art and spirit
• Historical warfare
• Decay of empires

Assertion (A): In Byzantium, Yeats uses the city as a metaphor for the afterlife. Reason (R): Byzantium represents a physical pilgrimage site in modern Greece.

• Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
• Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
• A is true, R is false.
• A is false, R is true.

Byzantium was published in:

• 1927
• 1929
• 1930
• 1933

In Byzantium, the phrase “A mouth that has no moisture and no breath” refers to:

• A corpse
• A spiritual image carved in metal
• The lifelessness of art
• All of the above

The imagery in “complexities of mire or blood” in Byzantium is an example of:

• Oxymoron
• Symbolism
• Synecdoche
• Enjambment

In Byzantium, “mire” most likely means:

• Mud or filth
• Bloodshed
• Confusion
• All of the above

In Byzantium, the golden bird symbolizes:

• Political peace
• The perfection of art over nature
• The fragility of life
• Religious conversion