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

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

3. What does the merchant not notice about the typist in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) She is in pain
(b) She has another lover
(c) She does not want his advances
(d) She is with child

4. What is the narrator doing when an animal is seen creeping through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Eating
(b) Crying
(c) Gathering
(d) Fishing

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator speak near the Thames?

2. How long has Phlebas been dead in Part IV, Death by Water?

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

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

5. What color are the bodies littered on the ground in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Tiresias witness in The Fire Sermon?

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

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

9. Who is Phlebas in Death by Water?

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

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