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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the typist get her food?

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

3. Where does the narrator weep at beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

4. What type of bird narrates the section about the animal creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. What color is the hour when Tiresias is watching?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the significance of the title of The Fire Sermon?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Tiresias described in The Fire Sermon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eliot references war many times throughout this poem. What are some of these references, and how do they affect the tone of the poem?

Essay Topic 2

There are many foreign languages used in this poem. What is the significance of using foreign languages?

Essay Topic 3

This poem include strong religious ideas. What are some of these ideas and how are they presented?

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