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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say must be kept from the garden?
(a) The sun
(b) The children
(c) The dog
(d) The elements

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

4. What does the narrator say is a natural consequence of marriage?
(a) Children
(b) Sex
(c) Abuse
(d) Sickness

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

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

7. What gem is used to describe someone’s eye in a Game of Chess?
(a) Pearls
(b) Sapphires
(c) Emeralds
(d) Amber

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

9. What does Albert dislike about Lil?
(a) Her teeth
(b) Her hair
(c) Her weight
(d) Her clothing

10. What are the withered stumps that frustrate the rich woman in a Game of Chess?
(a) Her lover
(b) Wealth
(c) Her age
(d) Time

11. What casts a glitter in the room at the beginning in a Game of Chess?
(a) Candles
(b) Mirrors
(c) Moonlight
(d) Jewels

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

13. What time is important in the Unreal City?
(a) The strike of 9
(b) The strike of 12
(c) The strike of 8
(d) The strike of 7

14. How many cupids are carved into the glass found in a Game of Chess?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3

15. What does the rich woman wait for at the end of her section in a Game of Chess?
(a) A knock on the door
(b) The clock to chime
(c) Her lover to die
(d) The war to end

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator fear disturbs the thing that was planted in a garden?

2. What does Marie do until late in the night?

3. What do people call Madame Sosostris?

4. What is planted in the garden?

5. According to the narrator of the Burial of the Dead, what clutches?

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