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

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) Crying
(b) Fishing
(c) Eating
(d) Gathering

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

3. How long has Phlebas been dead in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) A year
(b) A fortnight
(c) A day
(d) A month

4. Who loiters near the Thames in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Dreams
(b) Nymphs
(c) Strangers
(d) Heirs of the city

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

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

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

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

9. What will bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A dream
(b) A motor
(c) A horse
(d) A favorable wind

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

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

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

13. How does the Thames run at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Quietly
(b) Softly
(c) Boldly
(d) Gracefully

14. What does Richmond promise the narrator in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) An adventure
(b) A way out
(c) A new start
(d) A world of riches

15. How long does the Thames run in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Until it freezes over
(b) Until the end of time
(c) Until the sun returns
(d) Until the song is over

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What picks Phlebas’s bones in Part IV, Death by Water?

3. What does Mr. Eugenides have in his pocket?

4. What color is the land as the wind crosses it in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

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