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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 frightens Marie?
(a) A bear
(b) Sledding
(c) A mountain
(d) The snow

2. In the Burial of the Dead, why are German phrases added to the poem?
(a) To confuse the reader
(b) To symbolize the war
(c) To fit the rhyme scheme
(d) To paint a vivid picture

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

4. What language is used at the end the Burial of the Dead?
(a) German
(b) French
(c) English
(d) Spanish

5. Who is called the Son of Man in the Burial of the Dead?
(a) The narrator
(b) Christ
(c) The reader
(d) All unborn children

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Madame Sosostris?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what does the narrator say he will show the reader under the red rock?

3. What kind of death is seen in the Unreal City?

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

5. What is planted in the garden?

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