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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III. The Fire Sermon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?
(a) Snake
(b) Cat
(c) Wolf
(d) Dog

2. In a Game of Chess, what time does the hot water come for the rich woman?
(a) 8:00
(b) 10:00
(c) 11:00
(d) 9:00

3. What does someone postpone in the first part of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Joining the war
(b) Getting married
(c) Traveling home
(d) Going to school

4. What do the repeated words to Lil reference?
(a) Being pregnant about to give birth
(b) Aging and loss of beauty
(c) The changing seasons
(d) Last call at the bar

5. In the Burial of the Dead, what God shows up in the tarot cards?
(a) The God of War
(b) The God of Fertility
(c) The God of Wine
(d) The God of Love

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the withered stumps that frustrate the rich woman in a Game of Chess?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what is found in a handful of dust?

3. What color is the hour when Tiresias is watching?

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

5. What type of bird narrates the section about the animal creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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