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

2. What do people call Madame Sosostris?
(a) The wisest woman in Europe
(b) The strangest woman in Europe
(c) The scariest woman in Europe
(d) The cleverest woman in Europe

3. Of what does the narrator tell Lil she should be ashamed?
(a) Fearing her husband
(b) Looking so old
(c) Aborting a child
(d) Hiding money

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what is found in a handful of dust?
(a) Beauty
(b) Anger
(c) Love
(d) Fear

5. What is the narrator supposed to fear after talking with Madame Sosostris?
(a) Death by water
(b) The plague
(c) The innkeeper
(d) His family

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Lil and Albert?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what is the dead tree unable to give the reader?

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

4. How many children does Lil have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Albert and what is his role in A Game of Chess?

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

8. Why is Mylae mentioned in Burial of the Dead?

9. When does Marie feel most free?

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

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