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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the typist get her food?
(a) Tins
(b) Boxes
(c) Jars
(d) Bins

2. What animal creeps through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A mouse
(b) A rat
(c) A muskrat
(d) A moose

3. What does Mr. Eugenides have in his pocket?
(a) Currants
(b) Coins
(c) Tacks
(d) Rocks

4. What picks Phlebas’s bones in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) Seagulls
(b) Fish
(c) The current
(d) Vultures

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times is the word, ‘Twit’ repeated in succession in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

3. How long does the Thames run in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main message of this section of The Fire Sermon?

2. What does the river mentioned at the beginning of The Fire Sermon symbolize?

3. What is the main idea of the last section of Death by Water?

4. In The Fire Sermon, what does Richmond, promise and how does the narrator respond to this?

5. How does The Fire Sermon end, and what does it mean?

6. What is the significance of the title of The Fire Sermon?

7. What does Tiresias witness in The Fire Sermon?

8. How is Tiresias described in The Fire Sermon?

9. How is Mrs. Porter described in The Fire Sermon?

10. Who is Mr. Eugenides in The Fire Sermon?

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