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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 narrator supposed to fear after talking with Madame Sosostris?
(a) Death by water
(b) His family
(c) The plague
(d) The innkeeper

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

3. What does the poet say keeps us warm in the winter?
(a) Snow
(b) Fires
(c) Hope
(d) Embraces

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

5. What is planted in the garden?
(a) A vase
(b) A corpse
(c) A bulb
(d) A box

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Burial of the Dead, what author does the poet mirror in his first lines?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what do hyacinths symbolize?

3. Who is called the Son of Man in the Burial of the Dead?

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

5. What do people call Madame Sosostris?

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