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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lil look so old?
(a) She takes strange medication
(b) She has children
(c) She is very sick
(d) She has worked her whole life

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

5. In the Burial of the Dead, what does the narrator say he will show the reader under the red rock?
(a) Something different
(b) Something amazing
(c) Your future
(d) His past

6. What type of pattern is etched into the glass found in a Game of Chess?
(a) Flowers
(b) Geometric patterns
(c) Birds
(d) Vines

7. What is wrong with Madame Sosostris?
(a) She is losing her talent
(b) She has a cold
(c) She has a broken arm
(d) She is depressed

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

9. What war ends shortly before the publication of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) The Spanish-American War
(b) World War II
(c) The Franco-Prussian War
(d) World War I

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

11. Why does Albert give Lil money?
(a) To buy new teeth
(b) To buy new shoes
(c) To buy new clothes
(d) To buy new hair

12. What type of cases are displayed at the beginning of in a Game of Chess?
(a) Steel
(b) Satin
(c) Iron
(d) Linen

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the carved dolphin described in a Game of Chess?

2. What does the narrator call Lil because she is ambivalent about her marriage?

3. Who hurt Philomel in a Game of Chess?

4. What does someone postpone in the first part of the Burial of the Dead?

5. Of what does the narrator tell Lil she should be ashamed?

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