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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From where is Mr. Eugenides?
(a) Smyrna
(b) Surrey
(c) Sussett
(d) Stanford

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator speak near the Thames?
(a) False
(b) All of those things listed here
(c) Long
(d) Loud

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

11. What happens season will Sweeney be brought to Mrs. Porter?
(a) Fall
(b) Winter
(c) Spring
(d) Summer

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Mr. Eugenides’s occupation?

5. Where does the narrator weep at beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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