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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IV. Death by Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cruelest month breed?
(a) Lambs
(b) Loneliness
(c) Love
(d) Lilacs

2. How is the carved dolphin described in a Game of Chess?
(a) Lovely
(b) Glorious
(c) Sad
(d) Dancing

3. In the Burial of the Dead, when does the narrator expect something in a garden to bloom?
(a) Fall
(b) Spring
(c) Winter
(d) Summer

4. Who is buried in the first section of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Children
(b) Soldiers
(c) Jewish refugees
(d) Dreams

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are bones of the bodies littered on the ground cast in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. In a Game of Chess, what does the rich woman end up doing with her lover?

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

4. How many children does Lil have?

5. What cries near Phlebas’s body in Part IV, Death by Water?

(see the answer key)

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