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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What sweats out of the river in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Fish
(b) Rainbows of muck
(c) Oil and tar
(d) Life and death

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

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

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

9. What departs at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The light
(b) The love
(c) The nymphs
(d) The summer

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

11. What is the narrator doing when an animal is seen creeping through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Fishing
(b) Crying
(c) Gathering
(d) Eating

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator hear rattling in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. Where does the typist get her food?

3. How does the narrator speak near the Thames?

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

5. What type of bird narrates the section about the animal creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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