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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is at the narrator’s back in the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The life he leaves behind
(b) A pile of leaves
(c) A cold blast
(d) The sun

4. What language does Mr. Eugenides use he speaks to the narrator?
(a) Greek
(b) French
(c) German
(d) English

5. What does the merchant not notice about the typist in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) She is with child
(b) She has another lover
(c) She is in pain
(d) She does not want his advances

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

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

8. What language is used after Mrs. Porter is described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Latin
(b) German
(c) French
(d) Russian

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

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

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

12. Where are bones of the bodies littered on the ground cast in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The garret
(b) The water
(c) The foxes hole
(d) The bin

13. What does Mr. Eugenides have in his pocket?
(a) Tacks
(b) Rocks
(c) Coins
(d) Currants

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the animal found creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. From where is Mr. Eugenides?

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

4. What departs at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. What is Mr. Eugenides’s occupation?

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