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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Phlebas able to forget when he dies in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) His lover
(b) His sins
(c) His profits and losses
(d) The war

8. What color is the land as the wind crosses it in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Black
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) Brown

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

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

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

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

13. What animal creeps through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A mouse
(b) A moose
(c) A rat
(d) A muskrat

14. 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

15. What color are the bodies littered on the ground in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) White
(b) Gray
(c) Blue
(d) Brown

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is Mr. Eugenides?

2. What part of his own body does Tiresias call feminine?

3. In Part III, The Fire Sermon, what do the departed forget to leave?

4. What instrument does the narrator hear while walking along Lower Thames Street?

5. What sweats out of the river in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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