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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) English
(b) German
(c) French
(d) Greek

2. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?
(a) She is too old
(b) She aborts her pregnancies
(c) Her husband is injured
(d) Her husband has been gone

3. What does the narrator compare to Phlebas in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) All sailors
(b) The reader
(c) Himself
(d) Society

4. What casts a glitter in the room at the beginning in a Game of Chess?
(a) Moonlight
(b) Jewels
(c) Mirrors
(d) Candles

5. Who is bid farewell to over and over at the end of a Game of Chess?
(a) All of those listed here
(b) Sweet children
(c) Sweet ladies
(d) Sweet friends

Short Answer Questions

1. What repeated word reference Philomel in a Game of Chess?

2. How many cupids are carved into the glass found in a Game of Chess?

3. What does someone postpone in the first part of the Burial of the Dead?

4. What gem is used to describe someone’s eye in a Game of Chess?

5. What type of cases are displayed at the beginning of in a Game of Chess?

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