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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 gem is used to describe someone’s eye in a Game of Chess?
(a) Emeralds
(b) Sapphires
(c) Pearls
(d) Amber

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

3. Of what does Lil accuse the narrator?
(a) Cheating on her husband
(b) Stealing money
(c) Sleeping with her husband
(d) Breaking the law

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

5. What is the name of Lil’s youngest child?
(a) George
(b) Albert
(c) Gregory
(d) Alexander

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the withered stumps that frustrate the rich woman in a Game of Chess?

2. What is the relationship between the rich woman and her lover?

3. What does Albert dislike about Lil?

4. What about Madame Sosostris does the narrator say is wicked?

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

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