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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 do the passing seasons in the Burial of the Dead, symbolize?
(a) Aging
(b) Repetition
(c) War
(d) Death

2. What does demobbed mean?
(a) Leaving the army
(b) Losing a fortune
(c) Getting robbed
(d) Having an unwed lover

3. What is the relationship between Lil and Albert?
(a) Strained
(b) Sterile
(c) Dangerous
(d) Loving

4. What does Albert want from Lil?
(a) Respect
(b) Sex
(c) Her money
(d) Marriage

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many branches are on the candelabra found in a Game of Chess?

3. What does the narrator warn Lil will happen if she does not give Albert what he wants?

4. What meal does Lil make when she invites the narrator to diner?

5. What does the rich woman wait for at the end of her section in a Game of Chess?

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