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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 the cruelest month breed?
(a) Lambs
(b) Love
(c) Loneliness
(d) Lilacs

2. What is the feeling of the first section of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Confusing
(b) Dark
(c) Cheerful
(d) Hopeful

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

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what author does the poet mirror in his first lines?
(a) Bronte
(b) Chaucer
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Plato

5. In the Burial of the Dead, what is found in a handful of dust?
(a) Anger
(b) Fear
(c) Beauty
(d) Love

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Madame Sosostris’ occupation?

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

3. What is planted in the garden?

4. What does the poet say keeps us warm in the winter?

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

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