T. S. Eliot
This is T.S. Eliot's full name
What is Thomas Stearns Eliot?
This is who Eliot references the most (possibly the most well-known as well)
What is Shakespeare?
This opera is referenced twice in the first Act
What is Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde (1865)
This is were Marie is from
What is Lithuania/Germany
This was T.S. Eliot's working title for The Waste Land
What is He Do the Police in Different Voices?
The person Eliot dedicated The Waste Land to
Who is Ezra Pound?
This is the blind prophet whom Eliot referred to as the most important character in the poem
Who is Tieresias?
This is what Albert gave his wife money for
New teeth
This is the name associated with the woman who recalls a fond memory with the poem's speaker (Hint: I. Burial of The Dead, flower)
What is Hyacinth Girl?
This is one historical event connected to T.S. Eliot and his disillusionment that occurred AFTER WWI
What is The Spanish Influenza of 1918?
These two movements are closely associated with Eliot's poetry
The original text which the line "April is the cruellest month... stirring dull roots with spring rain" is a reference
What is the Canterbury Tales?
"When in April the sweet showers fall / And pierce the drought of March to the root..."
This is who originally gave The Fire Sermon
Who is Buddha
In the second section, this is what the wealthy mother-in-law misses while playing a game of chess
What is her daughter getting seduced
This is what Ezra Pound said that he contributed to The Waste Land
What is a C-Section
This is the sect of Christianity Eliot converted to after moving to England
What is Anglicanism?
This lake is mentioned in a reference to the Hebrews mourning their home, is also the name of the lake close to where Eliot wrote The Waste Land, and is the archaic word for lover.
What is Lake Leman?
This is the name of the guy who dies in the water
Who is Phlebas The Phoenician
This is the name of the poor woman married to Albert (Hint: she gets an abortion)
What is Lil
This is how many languages total are present in The Waste Land
What is seven? (English, Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, and Sanskrit)
This is when Eliot became a British citizen
When is 1927?
"Shantih" is the formal ending to this set of Hindu texts
What is Upanishads?
This is who walked with the two men during the referenced journey to Emmaus (Hint: its biblical)
Who is a recently resurrected Jesus
This is the name of the last woman we see in The Waste Land and one memorable thing about her
This popular 1981 musical was influenced by a book of poetry Eliot wrote in 1939
What is Cats?