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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. In the Burial of the Dead, what does the narrator say he will show the reader under the red rock?
(a) Your future
(b) Something amazing
(c) His past
(d) Something different

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what frightens Marie?
(a) A mountain
(b) A bear
(c) The snow
(d) Sledding

3. In the Burial of the Dead, what is the person with the hyacinths called?
(a) Sweetheart
(b) Hyacinth Girl
(c) The Man
(d) The Teacher

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

5. In the Burial of the Dead, when does the narrator expect something in a garden to bloom?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Winter
(d) Fall

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator of the Burial of the Dead, what clutches?

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

5. What is the feeling of the first section of the Burial of the Dead?

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