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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. What the Thunder Said.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator compare to Phlebas in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) Himself
(b) Society
(c) The reader
(d) All sailors

2. What does the narrator say he cannot do against the rock?
(a) Think
(b) Stay calm
(c) Complain
(d) Fear

3. How long has Phlebas been dead in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) A year
(b) A month
(c) A fortnight
(d) A day

4. What is at the narrator’s back in the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The life he leaves behind
(b) The sun
(c) A pile of leaves
(d) A cold blast

5. Where did Phlebas die in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) In prison
(b) In a river
(c) At sea
(d) At home

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Lil and Albert?

2. What does Albert want from Lil?

3. What reverberates in Part V, What the Thunder Said?

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

5. How does the Thames run at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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