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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 meal does Lil make when she invites the narrator to diner?
(a) Rack of lamb
(b) Kidney Pie
(c) Fish and Chips
(d) Hot Gammon

2. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?
(a) Her husband is injured
(b) She aborts her pregnancies
(c) She is too old
(d) Her husband has been gone

3. What does the poet say summer does to us?
(a) Surprises us
(b) Baths us
(c) Leaves us
(d) Encourages us

4. What does the narrator do when leaving Lil’s house?
(a) Bids the children goodnight
(b) Steals money
(c) Slaps Lil
(d) Kisses Albert

5. What revives the dull roots in the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Spring rain
(b) Fresh air
(c) Nothing
(d) Good soil

Short Answer Questions

1. Who give Lil the medication?

2. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?

3. What do people call Madame Sosostris?

4. According to this poet, what is the cruelest month?

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

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