1. : In which year was The Hollow Men first published?
(A) 1917
(B) 1922
(C) 1925
(D) 1930
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 …”
3. : The phrase “hollow men” primarily symbolizes:
(A) Religious devotion
(B) Spiritual emptiness and moral decay
(C) Political power
(D) Romantic idealism
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
5. : The opening epigraph of The Hollow Men references which historical figure?
(A) Julius Caesar
(B) Brutus
(C) Guy Fawkes
(D) Napoleon
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
7. : The poem The Hollow Men contains references to which literary figure?
(A) Dante Alighieri
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) Geoffrey Chaucer
(D) Robert Frost
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
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
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
11. : The Hollow Men makes references to which river from classical mythology?
(A) The Thames
(B) The Ganges
(C) The Styx
(D) The Danube
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 …”
13. : What do the “hollow men” lack?
(A) Physical bodies
(B) Souls and spiritual fulfillment
(C) Intelligence
(D) Wealth and status
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
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