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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 say humble people expect from him in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Love
(b) Brutality
(c) Nothing
(d) Information

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where are bones of the bodies littered on the ground cast in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

5. With what does Mrs. Porter wash her feet inPart III, The Fire Sermon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tiresias witness in The Fire Sermon?

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

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

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

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

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

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