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

2. What is wrong with Madame Sosostris?
(a) She is losing her talent
(b) She is depressed
(c) She has a cold
(d) She has a broken arm

3. What negative side effect does Lil experience from the medication?
(a) It puts her in pain
(b) It ages her
(c) It weakens her
(d) It keeps her from having children

4. What does Albert want from Lil?
(a) Respect
(b) Her money
(c) Sex
(d) Marriage

5. Who keeps the hours in the Unreal City?
(a) Saint Mary Woolnoth
(b) Saint Theresa Wanterford
(c) Saint Anthony
(d) Saint Andrew

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the repeated words to Lil reference?

2. How is the carved dolphin described in a Game of Chess?

3. What words are repeated to Lil in a Game of Chess?

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what is the person with the hyacinths called?

5. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?

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