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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What casts a glitter in the room at the beginning in a Game of Chess?

2. What author pens the elegant rag spoken in a Game of Chess?

3. Why does Lil take the medication?

4. What words are repeated to Lil in a Game of Chess?

5. What does the cruelest month mix together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thunder is a very symbolic figure in this poem. Where does it appear, and what does it mean to the rest of the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are mentioned a number of times in this poem. What are some of these colors, and what significance do they have?

Essay Topic 3

Two different relationships are compared in A Game of Chess. Why does the poet included these different relationship, and what do they symbolize?

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