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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IV. Death by Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does the narrator tell Lil she should be ashamed?
(a) Fearing her husband
(b) Hiding money
(c) Aborting a child
(d) Looking so old

2. Whose tent breaks at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The sky’s
(b) The narrator’s
(c) The river’s
(d) The fox’s

3. How is the belly of the animal that creeps through the vegetation described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Bloody
(b) Strange
(c) Bulging
(d) Slimy

4. What is wrong with Madame Sosostris?
(a) She is depressed
(b) She has a cold
(c) She is losing her talent
(d) She has a broken arm

5. What does the narrator call Lil because she is ambivalent about her marriage?
(a) A whore
(b) All of the above
(c) A heathen
(d) A fool

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Marie do until late in the night?

4. What about Madame Sosostris does the narrator say is wicked?

5. Who is called the Son of Man in the Burial of the Dead?

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