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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does the narrator hear while walking along Lower Thames Street?
(a) Mandolin
(b) Harpsichord
(c) Harmonica
(d) Lute

2. How does the narrator describe Phlebas when he was alive?
(a) Strong
(b) Handsome
(c) All of those things listed here
(d) Tall

3. What is Mr. Eugenides’s occupation?
(a) Priest
(b) Writer
(c) Merchant
(d) Doctor

4. What shines on Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The moon
(b) The search light
(c) The sun
(d) The stars

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

6. Where did Phlebas die in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) At sea
(b) In prison
(c) At home
(d) In a river

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

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

9. What does the narrator say humble people expect from him in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Brutality
(b) Information
(c) Nothing
(d) Love

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

11. Who is with Mrs. Porter when a light shines on her in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Her sister
(b) Her mother
(c) Her daughter
(d) Her lover

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

13. With what does Mrs. Porter wash her feet inPart III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Soda water
(b) Oil
(c) Saline
(d) Acid

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the bodies littered on the ground in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. What does Richmond promise the narrator in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

3. What does the narrator compare to Phlebas in Part IV, Death by Water?

4. How long does the Thames run in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. What animal creeps through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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