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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. Whom does the narrator know in the Unreal City?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what is the person with the hyacinths called?

3. How old is Lil?

4. How many children does Lil have?

5. In a Game of Chess, what time does the hot water come for the rich woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the winter season in the Burial of the Dead?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this poem. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Phlebas is a strange character. Who is he, and how does he appear in this poem?

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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