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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 word imitates the sound of thunder?
(a) Ga
(b) Da
(c) Boom
(d) Fromm

2. What color is the fog in the Unreal City?
(a) White
(b) Brown
(c) Black
(d) Silver

3. What plant does the narrator miss hearing in Part V, What the Thunder Said?
(a) Junipers
(b) Dry grass
(c) Holly bush
(d) Dry Aspens

4. What shines on Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The stars
(b) The moon
(c) The search light
(d) The sun

5. What sweats out of the river in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Rainbows of muck
(b) Oil and tar
(c) Life and death
(d) Fish

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?

2. How does the narrator describe Phlebas when he was alive?

3. What child’s rhyme is included near the end of the poem?

4. What does the merchant not notice about the typist in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. What does the cruelest month mix together?

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