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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as rudely forced in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

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

4. What season is the animal is seen creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. What does the narrator say humble people expect from him in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Fire Sermon, what does the typist do when she comes home?

2. Who is Phlebas in Death by Water?

3. Who is Mr. Eugenides in The Fire Sermon?

4. What is the main message of this section of The Fire Sermon?

5. What is the significance of the title Death by Water?

6. Why are Elizabeth and Leicester mentioned in The Fire Sermon, what?

7. How is Mrs. Porter described in The Fire Sermon?

8. What does the river mentioned at the beginning of The Fire Sermon symbolize?

9. What does Tiresias witness in The Fire Sermon?

10. Why is Mr. Eugenides included in The Fire Sermon?

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