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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 revives the dull roots in the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Nothing
(b) Fresh air
(c) Good soil
(d) Spring rain

2. What time is important in the Unreal City?
(a) The strike of 7
(b) The strike of 12
(c) The strike of 9
(d) The strike of 8

3. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?
(a) Snake
(b) Wolf
(c) Dog
(d) Cat

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

5. What does the cruelest month mix together?
(a) The Past and the Future
(b) Memory and Desire
(c) Beauty and Hatred
(d) Love and Death

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Madame Sosostris does the narrator say is wicked?

2. According to this poet, what is the cruelest month?

3. What war ends shortly before the publication of the Burial of the Dead?

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what God shows up in the tarot cards?

5. What had undone many people in the Unreal City?

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