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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IV. Death by Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Albert away from Lil?
(a) He is making his fortune
(b) He is in prison
(c) He is helping his dying mother
(d) He is in the Army

2. What color is the hour when Tiresias is watching?
(a) Indigo
(b) Violet
(c) Coral
(d) Pink

3. What picks Phlebas’s bones in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) Vultures
(b) Seagulls
(c) The current
(d) Fish

4. In the Burial of the Dead, what is not found under the red rock?
(a) A life
(b) A shadow
(c) A hardness
(d) A space

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many branches are on the candelabra found in a Game of Chess?

2. What meal does Lil make when she invites the narrator to diner?

3. What is the name of Lil’s youngest child?

4. What author pens the elegant rag spoken in a Game of Chess?

5. What does the rich woman wait for at the end of her section in a Game of Chess?

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