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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 does the narrator hear rattling in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Coins
(b) Bones
(c) Books
(d) Leaves

2. According to this poet, what is the cruelest month?
(a) April
(b) July
(c) June
(d) August

3. What part of Germany is does the narrator spend his summers in the Burial of the Dead?
(a) Frankfort
(b) Hamburg
(c) Munich
(d) Berlin

4. What animal symbolizes a lack of meaning?
(a) Snake
(b) Wolf
(c) Dog
(d) Cat

5. How does Tiresias know the typist does not love the merchant?
(a) She is unresponsive to his advances
(b) She is grateful to see him leave
(c) All things listed here
(d) She is not satisfied with his love making

Short Answer Questions

1. What had undone many people in the Unreal City?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, why are German phrases added to the poem?

3. What happens season will Sweeney be brought to Mrs. Porter?

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

5. What is Phlebas able to forget when he dies in Part IV, Death by Water?

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