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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. According to this poet, what is the cruelest month?
(a) July
(b) April
(c) June
(d) August

2. What does the poet say summer does to us?
(a) Surprises us
(b) Baths us
(c) Encourages us
(d) Leaves us

3. How is the carved dolphin described in a Game of Chess?
(a) Dancing
(b) Lovely
(c) Glorious
(d) Sad

4. What war ends shortly before the publication of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) World War II
(b) World War I
(c) The Franco-Prussian War
(d) The Spanish-American War

5. What word is repeated by the man with the rich woman in a Game of Chess?
(a) Breathe
(b) Nothing
(c) Think
(d) Stop

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cupids are carved into the glass found in a Game of Chess?

2. In a Game of Chess, what does the rich woman beg the man in the room to do?

3. Where does the narrator spend his summers?

4. What does the rich woman complain of in a Game of Chess?

5. What is planted in the garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Lil’s marriage described in A Game of Chess?

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

5. When does Marie feel most free?

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

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

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

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

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

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