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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Albert away from Lil?
(a) He is helping his dying mother
(b) He is in prison
(c) He is in the Army
(d) He is making his fortune

2. What does the narrator say must be kept from the garden?
(a) The sun
(b) The dog
(c) The children
(d) The elements

3. Who is bid farewell to over and over at the end of a Game of Chess?
(a) Sweet friends
(b) Sweet children
(c) Sweet ladies
(d) All of those listed here

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

5. Why does Albert give Lil money?
(a) To buy new hair
(b) To buy new shoes
(c) To buy new clothes
(d) To buy new teeth

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Madame Sosostris’ occupation?

2. What is the relationship between Lil and Albert?

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

4. What does Albert want from Lil?

5. What is the narrator supposed to fear after talking with Madame Sosostris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the title of A Game of Chess?

2. What has Lil been given money for in A Game of Chess?

3. How does the second section A Game of Chess end, and what does this ending signify?

4. Why is Mylae mentioned in Burial of the Dead?

5. When does Marie feel most free?

6. What happens to the narrator when he mentions hyacinths?

7. How is the setting of the first part of A Game of Chess described?

8. What is buried in a garden, and what does this symbolize?

9. What is the significance of the perfumes in A Game of Chess?

10. How is Lil’s marriage described in A Game of Chess?

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