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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. A Game of Chess.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the feeling of the first section of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Dark
(b) Hopeful
(c) Cheerful
(d) Confusing

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what is drunk at Hofgarten?
(a) Coffee
(b) Wine
(c) Whiskey
(d) Cider

3. In the Burial of the Dead, when does the narrator expect something in a garden to bloom?
(a) Winter
(b) Spring
(c) Fall
(d) Summer

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what frightens Marie?
(a) A bear
(b) Sledding
(c) A mountain
(d) The snow

5. How many years is Albert away before returning to Lil in a Game of Chess?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 6

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Burial of the Dead, why are German phrases added to the poem?

2. What war ends shortly before the publication of the Burial of the Dead?

3. What does demobbed mean?

4. What gem is used to describe someone’s eye in a Game of Chess?

5. What type of pattern is etched into the glass found in a Game of Chess?

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