1. : In which year was The Waste Land first published?
(A) 1915
(B) 1922
(C) 1930
(D) 1945
2. : How many sections does The Waste Land contain?
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Six
3. : Which of the following is NOT a section of The Waste Land?
(A) The Burial of the Dead
(B) What the Thunder Said
(C) The Hollow Men
(D) A Game of Chess
4. : To whom did Eliot dedicate The Waste Land?
(A) W.B. Yeats
(B) Jean Verdenal
(C) Ezra Pound
(D) Matthew Arnold
5. : What is the famous opening line of The Waste Land?
(A) “April is the cruellest month”
(B) “I grow old … I grow old …”
(C) “Because I do not hope to turn again”
(D) “Let us go then, you and I”
6. : Which ancient myth is a central theme in The Waste Land?
(A) The myth of Prometheus
(B) The myth of the Fisher King
(C) The myth of Persephone
(D) The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
7. : What does the phrase “Shantih Shantih Shantih” at the end of the poem signify?
(A) A farewell
(B) Peace and spiritual transcendence
(C) A call to action
(D) A reference to war
8. : Which of the following languages does NOT appear in The Waste Land?
(A) Sanskrit
(B) Greek
(C) Italian
(D) Russian
9. : Which literary work influenced the structure of The Waste Land?
(A) Paradise Lost by John Milton
(B) The Divine Comedy by Dante
(C) Ulysses by James Joyce
(D) The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
10. : What is the theme of The Waste Land?
(A) Romantic love and longing
(B) War and heroism
(C) Spiritual and cultural decay
(D) The beauty of nature
11. : Which river is mentioned in The Waste Land?
(A) The Nile
(B) The Thames
(C) The Ganges
(D) The Danube
12. : “Madame Sosostris” is a character in The Waste Land. What is she?
(A) A queen
(B) A prophetess
(C) A nurse
(D) A ghost
13. : What does the phrase “Datta, Dayadhvam, Damyata” mean?
(A) Give, sympathize, control
(B) Love, hope, endure
(C) Destroy, rebuild, rise
(D) Sing, pray, celebrate
14. : Which Shakespearean play is referenced in The Waste Land?
(A) Hamlet
(B) The Tempest
(C) King Lear
(D) Othello
15. : Who narrates The Waste Land?
(A) Only T.S. Eliot himself
(B) A single, unnamed character
(C) Multiple voices and personas
(D) A Greek chorus