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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Madame Sosostris does the narrator say is wicked?

2. How is the carved dolphin described in a Game of Chess?

3. How many years is Albert away before returning to Lil in a Game of Chess?

4. Whom does the narrator know in the Unreal City?

5. What does the narrator warn Lil will happen if she does not give Albert what he wants?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, what is the cruelest month and why?

3. Who is Madame Sosostris, and how does the narrator describe her?

4. How does the narrator describe the Unreal City in the Burial of the Dead?

5. When does Marie feel most free?

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

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

8. What is the relationship between Lil and the narrator in A Game of Chess?

9. What is the main message of A Game of Chess?

10. What are some tarot cards that appear in the Burial of the Dead, and what do they indicate?

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