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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 does someone postpone in the first part of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Going to school
(b) Traveling home
(c) Joining the war
(d) Getting married

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what God shows up in the tarot cards?
(a) The God of Wine
(b) The God of Love
(c) The God of War
(d) The God of Fertility

3. What does the cruelest month breed?
(a) Love
(b) Lambs
(c) Loneliness
(d) Lilacs

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

5. According to the narrator of the Burial of the Dead, what clutches?
(a) Memories
(b) Branches
(c) Roots
(d) Thorns

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Burial of the Dead, when does the narrator expect something in a garden to bloom?

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

3. In the Burial of the Dead, why are German phrases added to the poem?

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what frightens Marie?

5. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?

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