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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 is the narrator doing when an animal is seen creeping through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Eating
(b) Gathering
(c) Crying
(d) Fishing

2. What time is important in the Unreal City?
(a) The strike of 9
(b) The strike of 12
(c) The strike of 7
(d) The strike of 8

3. How many children does Lil have?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 7
(d) 6

4. What is Phlebas able to forget when he dies in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) His lover
(b) His profits and losses
(c) His sins
(d) The war

5. Whose finger sinks into the wet bank in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A rock’s
(b) An orphan’s
(c) A blossom’s
(d) A leaf’s

Short Answer Questions

1. According to this poet, what is the cruelest month?

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

3. What color is the hour when Tiresias is watching?

4. What does Albert dislike about Lil?

5. What type of pattern is etched into the glass found in a Game of Chess?

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