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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. How many years is Albert away before returning to Lil in a Game of Chess?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 6

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

3. What part of Germany is does the narrator spend his summers in the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Munich
(b) Frankfort
(c) Hamburg
(d) Berlin

4. From where does the narrator know someone in the Unreal City?
(a) A congregation
(b) A journey
(c) A battle
(d) A class

5. What war ends shortly before the publication of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) World War II
(b) World War I
(c) The Franco-Prussian War
(d) The Spanish-American War

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps the hours in the Unreal City?

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

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

4. What is the feeling of the first section of the Burial of the Dead?

5. What color is the fog in the Unreal City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the walls of the rich woman’s home decorated with, and what do the decorations symbolize?

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

3. What is the main message of A Game of Chess?

4. How does the narrator describe the summer season in the Burial of the Dead?

5. What has altered Lil’s health in A Game of Chess?

6. According to the narrator, what is the cruelest month and why?

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

8. Why are German statements included in the Burial of the Dead?

9. What does the narrator censure Lil over in A Game of Chess?

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

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