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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. Of what does the narrator tell Lil she should be ashamed?
(a) Fearing her husband
(b) Aborting a child
(c) Hiding money
(d) Looking so old

2. Who hurt Philomel in a Game of Chess?
(a) Robbers
(b) The King
(c) Her husband
(d) Her uncle

3. In a Game of Chess, what does the rich woman end up doing with her lover?
(a) Playing chess
(b) Making love
(c) Going to sleep
(d) Killing him

4. What does the narrator fear disturbs the thing that was planted in a garden?
(a) Snow
(b) Frost
(c) Mice
(d) Arsenic

5. What animal creeps through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A mouse
(b) A moose
(c) A rat
(d) A muskrat

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the bodies littered on the ground in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. Why does Albert give Lil money?

3. Where does the narrator spend his summers?

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

5. What war ends shortly before the publication of the Burial of the Dead?

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