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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens season will Sweeney be brought to Mrs. Porter?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Fall
(d) Winter

2. What part of his own body does Tiresias call feminine?
(a) His feet
(b) His breasts
(c) His hands
(d) His jaw

3. Where does the typist get her food?
(a) Bins
(b) Tins
(c) Jars
(d) Boxes

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

5. How does the narrator speak near the Thames?
(a) All of those things listed here
(b) False
(c) Loud
(d) Long

6. In Part III, The Fire Sermon, what do the departed forget to leave?
(a) Their dues
(b) Their addresses
(c) Their luggage
(d) Their intentions

7. How many times is the word, ‘Twit’ repeated in succession in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 3

8. Where is the animal found creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Behind the gas house
(b) At the shore of a pond
(c) Under the great bridge
(d) Across from a graveyard

9. What type of bird narrates the section about the animal creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Nightingale
(b) Raven
(c) King Fisher
(d) Pelican

10. What season is the animal is seen creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Summer
(b) Fall
(c) Spring
(d) Winter

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

12. What color is the hour when Tiresias is watching?
(a) Pink
(b) Indigo
(c) Coral
(d) Violet

13. What does the narrator hear behind him Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Screams
(b) Horns
(c) Thunder
(d) Wind

14. Where does the narrator weep at beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Near the White Cliffs
(b) Near the Danube
(c) Near the Thames
(d) Near the Waters of Leman

15. How is the belly of the animal that creeps through the vegetation described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Bulging
(b) Slimy
(c) Strange
(d) Bloody

Short Answer Questions

1. Who loiters near the Thames in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. What will bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

4. What language is used after Mrs. Porter is described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. How long has Phlebas been dead in Part IV, Death by Water?

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