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

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

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

4. What instrument does the narrator hear while walking along Lower Thames Street?
(a) Mandolin
(b) Lute
(c) Harpsichord
(d) Harmonica

5. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?
(a) Her husband has been gone
(b) She is too old
(c) Her husband is injured
(d) She aborts her pregnancies

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are bones of the bodies littered on the ground cast in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. What does the narrator warn Lil will happen if she does not give Albert what he wants?

3. What season is the animal is seen creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

4. Who give Lil the medication?

5. What does demobbed mean?

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