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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I. The Burial of the Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator spend his summers?
(a) The Maldahasee
(b) The Tatnoogeese
(c) The Gerbertensee
(d) The Sternbergersee

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

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what author does the poet mirror in his first lines?
(a) Plato
(b) Bronte
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Chaucer

5. In the Burial of the Dead, what do hyacinths symbolize?
(a) Friendship
(b) Spring
(c) Love
(d) Resurrection

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does the narrator know in the Unreal City?

3. What revives the dull roots in the Burial of the Dead?

4. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?

5. What part of Germany is does the narrator spend his summers in the Burial of the Dead?

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