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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?

2. In a Game of Chess, how does the rich woman threaten to walk down the street?

3. Where does the narrator spend his summers?

4. What do all the people focus on in the Unreal City?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What words are repeated to Lil in A Game of Chess, and what do they mean?

2. What stroke of the clock is mentioned in Burial of the Dead, and why?

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

4. What is the relationship between Lil and the narrator in A Game of Chess?

5. How does the narrator describe the winter season in the Burial of the Dead?

6. Who is Madame Sosostris, and how does the narrator describe her?

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

8. When does Marie feel most free?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this poem. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Phlebas is a strange character. Who is he, and how does he appear in this poem?

Essay Topic 3

The Unreal City is mentioned a number of times. What is the Unreal City and why is this city important to the narrator?

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