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

2. What type of pattern is etched into the glass found in a Game of Chess?
(a) Flowers
(b) Geometric patterns
(c) Vines
(d) Birds

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

4. Who is buried in the first section of the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Jewish refugees
(b) Children
(c) Soldiers
(d) Dreams

5. How does the narrator describe Phlebas when he was alive?
(a) Strong
(b) Handsome
(c) All of those things listed here
(d) Tall

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Burial of the Dead, what author does the poet mirror in his first lines?

2. What cries near Phlebas’s body in Part IV, Death by Water?

3. Whom does the narrator know in the Unreal City?

4. What are the withered stumps that frustrate the rich woman in a Game of Chess?

5. What does the cruelest month breed?

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