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

2. What word is repeated by the man with the rich woman in a Game of Chess?
(a) Think
(b) Breathe
(c) Nothing
(d) Stop

3. What do the repeated words to Lil reference?
(a) The changing seasons
(b) Last call at the bar
(c) Being pregnant about to give birth
(d) Aging and loss of beauty

4. What are the withered stumps that frustrate the rich woman in a Game of Chess?
(a) Her age
(b) Time
(c) Wealth
(d) Her lover

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What revives the dull roots in the Burial of the Dead?

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

3. In the Burial of the Dead, what is the dead tree unable to give the reader?

4. What part of Germany is does the narrator spend his summers in the Burial of the Dead?

5. In the Burial of the Dead, why are German phrases added to the poem?

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