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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richmond promise the narrator in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A new start
(b) An adventure
(c) A world of riches
(d) A way out

2. What does the narrator hear behind him Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Screams
(b) Horns
(c) Wind
(d) Thunder

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is with Mrs. Porter when a light shines on her in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

3. What happens season will Sweeney be brought to Mrs. Porter?

4. How many times is the word, ‘Twit’ repeated in succession in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. What does the merchant not notice about the typist in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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