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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. A Game of Chess.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what is the dead tree unable to give the reader?
(a) Wood
(b) Shade
(c) Shelter
(d) Comfort

3. What does the poet say keeps us warm in the winter?
(a) Embraces
(b) Hope
(c) Fires
(d) Snow

4. What do all the people focus on in the Unreal City?
(a) The people in front of them
(b) The sky
(c) Their hands
(d) Their feet

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Albert give Lil money?

2. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?

3. How many cupids are carved into the glass found in a Game of Chess?

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

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

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