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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. In the Burial of the Dead, what God shows up in the tarot cards?
(a) The God of Fertility
(b) The God of Love
(c) The God of War
(d) The God of Wine

2. Who is buried in the first section of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Children
(b) Soldiers
(c) Jewish refugees
(d) Dreams

3. What does the cruelest month mix together?
(a) Beauty and Hatred
(b) The Past and the Future
(c) Love and Death
(d) Memory and Desire

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what is drunk at Hofgarten?
(a) Coffee
(b) Cider
(c) Whiskey
(d) Wine

5. What do the passing seasons in the Burial of the Dead, symbolize?
(a) Death
(b) War
(c) Repetition
(d) Aging

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what is not found under the red rock?

5. In the Burial of the Dead, what does the narrator say he will show the reader under the red rock?

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