MCQs – The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman Shamil | Last updated: February 11, 2025

1. In which year was The Hollow Men first published?
(A) 1917
(B) 1922
(C) 1925
(D) 1930

Answer: (C) 1925

2. The famous closing lines of The Hollow Men are:
(A) “April is the cruellest month”
(B) “Not with a bang but a whimper”
(C) “Datta, Dayadhvam, Damyata”
(D) “I grow old … I grow old …”

Answer: (B) “Not with a bang but a whimper”

3. The phrase “hollow men” primarily symbolizes:
(A) Religious devotion
(B) Spiritual emptiness and moral decay
(C) Political power
(D) Romantic idealism

Answer: (B) Spiritual emptiness and moral decay

4. The Hollow Men is partly inspired by which of the following historical events?
(A) The Russian Revolution
(B) World War I
(C) The Great Depression
(D) The American Civil War

Answer: (B) World War I

5. The opening epigraph of The Hollow Men references which historical figure?
(A) Julius Caesar
(B) Brutus
(C) Guy Fawkes
(D) Napoleon

Answer: (C) Guy Fawkes

6. The Hollow Men is often considered a continuation of which earlier work by Eliot?
(A) The Waste Land
(B) Ash-Wednesday
(C) Four Quartets
(D) Gerontion

Answer: (A) The Waste Land

7. The poem The Hollow Men contains references to which literary figure?
(A) Dante Alighieri
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) Geoffrey Chaucer
(D) Robert Frost

Answer: (A) Dante Alighieri

8. What is the tone of The Hollow Men?
(A) Hopeful and inspiring
(B) Dark and pessimistic
(C) Romantic and nostalgic
(D) Joyful and celebratory

Answer: (B) Dark and pessimistic

9. The “Shadow” in The Hollow Men represents:
(A) The divide between thought and action
(B) The triumph of good over evil
(C) The physical suffering of war
(D) The beauty of nature

Answer: (A) The divide between thought and action

10. The setting of The Hollow Men can be best described as:
(A) A bustling city
(B) A desolate wasteland
(C) A battlefield
(D) A mystical paradise

Answer: (B) A desolate wasteland

11. The Hollow Men makes references to which river from classical mythology?
(A) The Thames
(B) The Ganges
(C) The Styx
(D) The Danube

Answer: (C) The Styx

12. Which phrase is repeated multiple times in The Hollow Men?
(A) “This is the way the world ends”
(B) “April is the cruellest month”
(C) “Give, sympathize, control”
(D) “I grow old … I grow old …”

Answer: (A) “This is the way the world ends”

13. What do the “hollow men” lack?
(A) Physical bodies
(B) Souls and spiritual fulfillment
(C) Intelligence
(D) Wealth and status

Answer: (B) Souls and spiritual fulfillment

14. The Hollow Men is often interpreted as a commentary on:
(A) Industrialization
(B) The decline of Western civilization
(C) The power of nature
(D) Romantic love

Answer: (B) The decline of Western civilization

15. The structure of The Hollow Men is:
(A) A traditional sonnet sequence
(B) A collection of haikus
(C) Fragmented and modernist
(D) A dramatic monologue

Answer: (C) Fragmented and modernist

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