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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. What the Thunder Said.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cruelest month breed?
(a) Lambs
(b) Love
(c) Lilacs
(d) Loneliness

2. What is described as obedient at the end of the poem?
(a) The reader’s heart
(b) The church goers
(c) The children
(d) The wind

3. What color is the third person seen wearing in Part V, What the Thunder Said?
(a) Brown
(b) Red
(c) White
(d) Blue

4. To what does the poet compare the chair in section II of a Game of Chess?
(a) A vault
(b) A gallows
(c) A throne
(d) A stock

5. What color is the hour when Tiresias is watching?
(a) Indigo
(b) Pink
(c) Coral
(d) Violet

Short Answer Questions

1. What negative side effect does Lil experience from the medication?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what do hyacinths symbolize?

3. Who keeps the hours in the Unreal City?

4. What will bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. What casts a glitter in the room at the beginning in a Game of Chess?

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