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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. Whose finger sinks into the wet bank in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

3. How does the narrator speak near the Thames?

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

5. What instrument does the narrator hear while walking along Lower Thames Street?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tiresias witness in The Fire Sermon?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Historical figures are included in this poem. Who are they, and what effect does this inclusion have on the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Two different relationships are compared in A Game of Chess. Why does the poet included these different relationship, and what do they symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

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

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