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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 words are repeated to Lil in a Game of Chess?
(a) What is time signify to us
(b) There is no time
(c) At such a time as this
(d) Hurry up please, it’s time

2. How many branches are on the candelabra found in a Game of Chess?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 7

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

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

5. What is Albert’s occupation?
(a) Soldier
(b) Salesman
(c) Blacksmith
(d) Farmer

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator call Lil because she is ambivalent about her marriage?

2. To what does the poet compare the chair in section II of a Game of Chess?

3. How old is Lil?

4. Who is called the Son of Man in the Burial of the Dead?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What words are repeated to Lil in A Game of Chess, and what do they mean?

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

3. What is the main complaint of the rich woman in A Game of Chess?

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

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

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

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

8. When does Marie feel most free?

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

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

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