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

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

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

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

5. 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) She is grateful to see him leave
(d) All things listed here

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the belly of the animal that creeps through the vegetation described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. What will bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

4. What sweats out of the river in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. What cries near Phlebas’s body in Part IV, Death by Water?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tiresias described in The Fire Sermon?

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

3. What do the words, “jug, jug, jug” refer to in The Fire Sermon?

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

5. What does Tiresias witness in The Fire Sermon?

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

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

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

9. Who is Phlebas in Death by Water?

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

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