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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. What does Albert dislike about Lil?

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

3. What kind of death is seen in the Unreal City?

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

5. What does the cruelest month breed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the title Burial of the Dead?

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

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

5. When does Marie feel most free?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hyperbole is a literary device that is used throughout this poem. Provide examples of hyperbole and how does this literary device affect the story line?

Essay Topic 2

Historical figures are included in this poem. Who are they, and what effect does this inclusion have on the poem?

Essay Topic 3

This poem include strong religious ideas. What are some of these ideas and how are they presented?

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