1. What literary work is referenced in the phrase “The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne”?
2. What poetic form does Eliot initially use in A Game of Chess?
3. How does Eliot describe the perfumes in the room?
4. What is unusual about the ceiling in the poem?
5. The phrase “The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king” refers to which mythological story?
6. What phrase represents the modern audience’s inability to understand classical stories?
7. The phrase “I think we are in rats’ alley” likely alludes to:
8. What famous Shakespearean reference appears in line 125?
9. “That Shakespearean Rag” is an ironic reference to:
10. The phrase “HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME” indicates to :
11. What literary work is referenced in the phrase “Good night, sweet ladies” at the end of the section?
12. The use of “lidless eyes” in line 138 suggests:
13. The final farewell sequence in the pub is a reference to:
14. What are the two main settings in A Game of Chess?
15. The first woman described in A Game of Chess is characterized as:
16. What image in the woman’s room hints at a dark, sinister tone?
17. The painting in the room depicts which mythological story?
18. The second setting in A Game of Chess takes place in:
19. What is the primary conflict in Lil’s story?
20. What does the narrator tell Lil about her husband Albert?
