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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I. The Burial of the Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator supposed to fear after talking with Madame Sosostris?
(a) Death by water
(b) His family
(c) The innkeeper
(d) The plague

2. What is wrong with Madame Sosostris?
(a) She is losing her talent
(b) She is depressed
(c) She has a broken arm
(d) She has a cold

3. Whom does the narrator know in the Unreal City?
(a) Stetson
(b) Stanley
(c) Stephen
(d) Stewart

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

5. What is the feeling of the first section of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Confusing
(b) Hopeful
(c) Dark
(d) Cheerful

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Burial of the Dead, why are German phrases added to the poem?

2. What does the narrator fear disturbs the thing that was planted in a garden?

3. In the Burial of the Dead, what is drunk at Hofgarten?

4. What does the poet say summer does to us?

5. What does the poet say keeps us warm in the winter?

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