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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III. The Fire Sermon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lil take the medication?
(a) She wants to end a pregnancy
(b) She is in a lot of pain
(c) She is bleeding a lot
(d) She wants to lose weight

2. What does Marie do until late in the night?
(a) Write
(b) Read
(c) Pray
(d) Sing

3. What are the withered stumps that frustrate the rich woman in a Game of Chess?
(a) Her age
(b) Wealth
(c) Time
(d) Her lover

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

5. What does the narrator say is a natural consequence of marriage?
(a) Sex
(b) Abuse
(c) Children
(d) Sickness

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the animal found creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. Whose tent breaks at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

3. What do the repeated words to Lil reference?

4. Who is buried in the first section of the Burial of the Dead?

5. Who hurt Philomel in a Game of Chess?

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