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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who give Lil the medication?
(a) Her friend
(b) Her priest
(c) Her husband
(d) Her chemist

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

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

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

5. What do all the people focus on in the Unreal City?
(a) Their hands
(b) The people in front of them
(c) The sky
(d) Their feet

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

7. How many years is Albert away before returning to Lil in a Game of Chess?
(a) 2
(b) 8
(c) 4
(d) 6

8. According to the narrator of the Burial of the Dead, what clutches?
(a) Thorns
(b) Branches
(c) Roots
(d) Memories

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

10. In the Burial of the Dead, when does the narrator expect something in a garden to bloom?
(a) Winter
(b) Summer
(c) Fall
(d) Spring

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

12. What does Marie do until late in the night?
(a) Sing
(b) Write
(c) Pray
(d) Read

13. What part of Germany is does the narrator spend his summers in the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Frankfort
(b) Berlin
(c) Hamburg
(d) Munich

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

15. What is the relationship between the rich woman and her lover?
(a) Strained
(b) Loving
(c) Dangerous
(d) Sterile

Short Answer Questions

1. What war ends shortly before the publication of the Burial of the Dead?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what is the person with the hyacinths called?

3. In the Burial of the Dead, what do hyacinths symbolize?

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

5. What revives the dull roots in the Burial of the Dead?

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