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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 war ends shortly before the publication of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) The Franco-Prussian War
(b) World War I
(c) The Spanish-American War
(d) World War II

2. What time is important in the Unreal City?
(a) The strike of 12
(b) The strike of 8
(c) The strike of 7
(d) The strike of 9

3. What about Madame Sosostris does the narrator say is wicked?
(a) Her hands
(b) Her eyes
(c) Her cards
(d) Her coins

4. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?
(a) Her husband has been gone
(b) She is too old
(c) Her husband is injured
(d) She aborts her pregnancies

5. What gem is used to describe someone’s eye in a Game of Chess?
(a) Amber
(b) Emeralds
(c) Sapphires
(d) Pearls

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the narrator know someone in the Unreal City?

2. According to the narrator of the Burial of the Dead, what clutches?

3. What does the narrator say must be kept from the garden?

4. What is the narrator supposed to fear after talking with Madame Sosostris?

5. What is the relationship between the rich woman and her lover?

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