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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What language is used at the end the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Spanish
(b) French
(c) German
(d) English

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what frightens Marie?
(a) The snow
(b) A mountain
(c) Sledding
(d) A bear

5. In a Game of Chess, how does the rich woman threaten to walk down the street?
(a) In servants dress
(b) Naked
(c) With her hair down
(d) With other men

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say must be kept from the garden?

2. Who is bid farewell to over and over at the end of a Game of Chess?

3. What is planted in the garden?

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

5. What repeated word reference Philomel in a Game of Chess?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the summer season in the Burial of the Dead?

2. What stroke of the clock is mentioned in Burial of the Dead, and why?

3. Why are German statements included in the Burial of the Dead?

4. What are the walls of the rich woman’s home decorated with, and what do the decorations symbolize?

5. What has Lil been given money for in A Game of Chess?

6. When does Marie feel most free?

7. What is the significance of the title of A Game of Chess?

8. What is the main feeling of the Burial of the Dead?

9. What is buried in a garden, and what does this symbolize?

10. What does the rich woman beg of her companion in A Game of Chess?

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