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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III. The Fire Sermon.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A dream
(b) A favorable wind
(c) A motor
(d) A horse

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

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

5. To what does the poet compare the chair in section II of a Game of Chess?
(a) A stock
(b) A vault
(c) A throne
(d) A gallows

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?

2. Who is buried in the first section of the Burial of the Dead?

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

4. What is at the narrator’s back in the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. Why is Albert away from Lil?

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