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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Burial of the Dead, what is not found under the red rock?
(a) A space
(b) A hardness
(c) A shadow
(d) A life

2. What is Albert’s occupation?
(a) Blacksmith
(b) Salesman
(c) Soldier
(d) Farmer

3. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?
(a) Wolf
(b) Cat
(c) Snake
(d) Dog

4. What is Madame Sosostris’ occupation?
(a) Fortune teller
(b) Gypsy
(c) Singer
(d) Tradeswoman

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

6. Why is Albert away from Lil?
(a) He is in the Army
(b) He is in prison
(c) He is helping his dying mother
(d) He is making his fortune

7. What does the poet say keeps us warm in the winter?
(a) Fires
(b) Embraces
(c) Hope
(d) Snow

8. In a Game of Chess, what time does the hot water come for the rich woman?
(a) 11:00
(b) 9:00
(c) 10:00
(d) 8:00

9. What does the cruelest month mix together?
(a) Beauty and Hatred
(b) The Past and the Future
(c) Memory and Desire
(d) Love and Death

10. What does the poet say summer does to us?
(a) Baths us
(b) Surprises us
(c) Leaves us
(d) Encourages us

11. In a Game of Chess, what type of perfume does the rich woman own?
(a) Antique
(b) Floral
(c) Natural
(d) Synthetic

12. What do people call Madame Sosostris?
(a) The cleverest woman in Europe
(b) The wisest woman in Europe
(c) The strangest woman in Europe
(d) The scariest woman in Europe

13. What author pens the elegant rag spoken in a Game of Chess?
(a) Gallagher
(b) Shakespeare
(c) Aristotle
(d) Emerson

14. In a Game of Chess, what does the rich woman beg the man in the room to do?
(a) Speak with her
(b) Kiss her
(c) Declare his love for her
(d) Leave

15. What meal does Lil make when she invites the narrator to diner?
(a) Fish and Chips
(b) Hot Gammon
(c) Rack of lamb
(d) Kidney Pie

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hurt Philomel in a Game of Chess?

2. Why does Albert give Lil money?

3. What is the narrator supposed to fear after talking with Madame Sosostris?

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

5. Whom does the narrator know in the Unreal City?

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