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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. In a Game of Chess, how does the rich woman threaten to walk down the street?
(a) Naked
(b) With her hair down
(c) In servants dress
(d) With other men

2. What type of cases are displayed at the beginning of in a Game of Chess?
(a) Iron
(b) Satin
(c) Steel
(d) Linen

3. What do the repeated words to Lil reference?
(a) Aging and loss of beauty
(b) The changing seasons
(c) Last call at the bar
(d) Being pregnant about to give birth

4. What does the narrator say is a natural consequence of marriage?
(a) Sickness
(b) Sex
(c) Children
(d) Abuse

5. What cries near Phlebas’s body in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) Children
(b) The wind
(c) Gulls
(d) Mermaids

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Albert want from Lil?

3. What is the narrator doing when an animal is seen creeping through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

4. Of what does Lil accuse the narrator?

5. What instrument does the narrator hear while walking along Lower Thames Street?

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