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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator hear behind him Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Horns
(b) Thunder
(c) Screams
(d) Wind

2. From where is Mr. Eugenides?
(a) Sussett
(b) Smyrna
(c) Stanford
(d) Surrey

3. What will bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A favorable wind
(b) A horse
(c) A dream
(d) A motor

4. How does the narrator speak near the Thames?
(a) All of those things listed here
(b) Long
(c) Loud
(d) False

5. How does the Thames run at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Softly
(b) Quietly
(c) Gracefully
(d) Boldly

6. What is Mr. Eugenides’s occupation?
(a) Doctor
(b) Merchant
(c) Priest
(d) Writer

7. Where does the narrator weep at beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Near the White Cliffs
(b) Near the Waters of Leman
(c) Near the Thames
(d) Near the Danube

8. What type of bird narrates the section about the animal creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Pelican
(b) Raven
(c) Nightingale
(d) King Fisher

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

10. Where are bones of the bodies littered on the ground cast in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The foxes hole
(b) The garret
(c) The bin
(d) The water

11. What language does Mr. Eugenides use he speaks to the narrator?
(a) English
(b) Greek
(c) French
(d) German

12. What does Richmond promise the narrator in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A world of riches
(b) An adventure
(c) A new start
(d) A way out

13. In Part III, The Fire Sermon, what do the departed forget to leave?
(a) Their luggage
(b) Their dues
(c) Their intentions
(d) Their addresses

14. How does Tiresias know the typist does not love the merchant?
(a) She is grateful to see him leave
(b) She is not satisfied with his love making
(c) She is unresponsive to his advances
(d) All things listed here

15. What part of his own body does Tiresias call feminine?
(a) His feet
(b) His jaw
(c) His hands
(d) His breasts

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the animal found creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. What does the narrator hear rattling in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

3. What language is used after Mrs. Porter is described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

4. Who is with Mrs. Porter when a light shines on her in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. Whose tent breaks at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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