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

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

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

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

5. What language does Mr. Eugenides use he speaks to the narrator?
(a) English
(b) French
(c) Greek
(d) German

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is Mr. Eugenides?

2. Whose tent breaks at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

3. What does Mr. Eugenides have in his pocket?

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

5. Where is the animal found creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Tiresias described in The Fire Sermon?

4. In The Fire Sermon, what does Richmond, promise and how does the narrator respond to this?

5. How does The Fire Sermon end, and what does it mean?

6. What is the main idea of the last section of Death by Water?

7. In The Fire Sermon, what does the typist do when her lover leaves?

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

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

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

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