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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator call Lil because she is ambivalent about her marriage?
(a) A whore
(b) A fool
(c) All of the above
(d) A heathen

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what do hyacinths symbolize?
(a) Friendship
(b) Spring
(c) Love
(d) Resurrection

3. In the Burial of the Dead, what God shows up in the tarot cards?
(a) The God of Wine
(b) The God of Fertility
(c) The God of War
(d) The God of Love

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

5. What about Madame Sosostris does the narrator say is wicked?
(a) Her eyes
(b) Her cards
(c) Her coins
(d) Her hands

6. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?
(a) She aborts her pregnancies
(b) Her husband is injured
(c) She is too old
(d) Her husband has been gone

7. What does the narrator warn Lil will happen if she does not give Albert what he wants?
(a) He will leave her
(b) He will take it if she does not give it
(c) He will beat her
(d) He will find it elsewhere

8. What kind of death is seen in the Unreal City?
(a) A painless death
(b) All of the above
(c) A waking death
(d) A symbolic death

9. How many branches are on the candelabra found in a Game of Chess?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 6

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

11. What color is the fog in the Unreal City?
(a) White
(b) Black
(c) Silver
(d) Brown

12. In the Burial of the Dead, why are German phrases added to the poem?
(a) To symbolize the war
(b) To fit the rhyme scheme
(c) To confuse the reader
(d) To paint a vivid picture

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

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

15. What insult is given at the end of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Hypocrite
(b) Stranger
(c) Liar
(d) Heathen

Short Answer Questions

1. In a Game of Chess, what does the rich woman beg the man in the room to do?

2. Where does the narrator spend his summers?

3. Why does Lil take the medication?

4. What does the narrator say is a natural consequence of marriage?

5. In a Game of Chess, what type of perfume does the rich woman own?

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