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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. A Game of Chess.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What negative side effect does Lil experience from the medication?
(a) It puts her in pain
(b) It keeps her from having children
(c) It weakens her
(d) It ages her

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

3. How old is Lil?
(a) 51
(b) 21
(c) 41
(d) 31

4. What does someone postpone in the first part of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Traveling home
(b) Getting married
(c) Joining the war
(d) Going to school

5. What is the name of Lil’s youngest child?
(a) Alexander
(b) Gregory
(c) George
(d) Albert

Short Answer Questions

1. What insult is given at the end of the Burial of the Dead?

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

3. According to the narrator of the Burial of the Dead, what clutches?

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

5. What is Albert’s occupation?

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