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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. What animal creeps through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

2. What language does Mr. Eugenides use he speaks to the narrator?

3. What color is the land as the wind crosses it in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

5. How does the narrator describe Phlebas when he was alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tiresias described in The Fire Sermon?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lil is a very important character in the story. Why is this and what message does her presence send?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are mentioned a number of times in this poem. What are some of these colors, and what significance do they have?

Essay Topic 3

Eliot presents the idea that lust and passion are mostly negative things. How does he make this point?

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