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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. In a Game of Chess, what type of perfume does the rich woman own?
(a) Natural
(b) Floral
(c) Synthetic
(d) Antique

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

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

4. What type of cases are displayed at the beginning of in a Game of Chess?
(a) Satin
(b) Linen
(c) Steel
(d) Iron

5. What does the cruelest month breed?
(a) Lilacs
(b) Lambs
(c) Loneliness
(d) Love

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Lil?

2. What does the narrator do when leaving Lil’s house?

3. What does someone postpone in the first part of the Burial of the Dead?

4. What time is important in the Unreal City?

5. According to this poet, what is the cruelest month?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has altered Lil’s health in A Game of Chess?

2. What do hyacinths symbolize, and why are they included in the Burial of the Dead?

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

4. How does the second section A Game of Chess end, and what does this ending signify?

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

6. What does the narrator censure Lil over in A Game of Chess?

7. How is the setting of the first part of A Game of Chess described?

8. What is called no friend to man in the Burial of the Dead, and why do you think that is?

9. What is the significance of the title Burial of the Dead?

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

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