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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. Of what does the narrator tell Lil she should be ashamed?
(a) Hiding money
(b) Looking so old
(c) Fearing her husband
(d) Aborting a child

2. Who is buried in the first section of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Children
(b) Dreams
(c) Jewish refugees
(d) Soldiers

3. What does the rich woman complain of in a Game of Chess?
(a) The coldness
(b) Her joints
(c) The darkness
(d) Her nerves

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Albert dislike about Lil?

2. What does Albert want from Lil?

3. Where does the narrator spend his summers?

4. Who keeps the hours in the Unreal City?

5. Why is Albert away from Lil?

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