1. What quality is attributed to the “best”?
2. In what year was “The Second Coming” first published in a magazine?
3. The phrase “the centre cannot hold” implies:
4. The contrast between the “best” and the “worst” emphasizes:
5. What image does the poet use to represent a deteriorating order?
6. The word “indignant” suggests the birds are:
7. How is the creature’s movement described?
8. The falcon and falconer imagery suggests:
9. The desert setting can be seen as a metaphor for:
10. The creature’s blank gaze can be interpreted as:
11. The creature’s human head symbolizes:
12. What does the phrase “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” suggest?
13. Where was W. B. Yeats living when he wrote “The Second Coming”?
14. What is the dominant image associated with the creature’s eyes?
15. What is “Spiritus Mundi” in the poem?
16. The creature’s appearance is most likely symbolic of:
17. The image of the creature moving slowly suggests:
18. The overall atmosphere created in these lines is one of:
19. The creature’s movement is described as:
20. Which magazine first published “The Second Coming”?
