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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 kind of death is seen in the Unreal City?
(a) A painless death
(b) A symbolic death
(c) All of the above
(d) A waking death

2. Who is described as rudely forced in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Mrs. Porter
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Venus
(d) Philomel

3. Why is Albert away from Lil?
(a) He is helping his dying mother
(b) He is making his fortune
(c) He is in the Army
(d) He is in prison

4. Why does Albert give Lil money?
(a) To buy new teeth
(b) To buy new clothes
(c) To buy new shoes
(d) To buy new hair

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say must be kept from the garden?

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

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

4. Who keeps the hours in the Unreal City?

5. What is at the narrator’s back in the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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