The Waste Land Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Waste Land Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the carved dolphin described in a Game of Chess?
(a) Dancing
(b) Lovely
(c) Sad
(d) Glorious

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

3. What revives the dull roots in the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Good soil
(b) Nothing
(c) Spring rain
(d) Fresh air

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

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

6. To what does the poet compare the chair in section II of a Game of Chess?
(a) A gallows
(b) A stock
(c) A vault
(d) A throne

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

8. In the Burial of the Dead, what is the dead tree unable to give the reader?
(a) Shade
(b) Comfort
(c) Shelter
(d) Wood

9. 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 find it elsewhere
(d) He will beat her

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

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

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

13. What does the narrator do when leaving Lil’s house?
(a) Steals money
(b) Kisses Albert
(c) Bids the children goodnight
(d) Slaps Lil

14. What is the relationship between Lil and Albert?
(a) Sterile
(b) Dangerous
(c) Loving
(d) Strained

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do people call Madame Sosostris?

3. What color is the fog in the Unreal City?

4. What meal does Lil make when she invites the narrator to diner?

5. What negative side effect does Lil experience from the medication?

(see the answer keys)

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