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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 does Lil take the medication?
(a) She is bleeding a lot
(b) She wants to lose weight
(c) She is in a lot of pain
(d) She wants to end a pregnancy

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what does the narrator say he will show the reader under the red rock?
(a) His past
(b) Your future
(c) Something amazing
(d) Something different

3. What part of his own body does Tiresias call feminine?
(a) His breasts
(b) His jaw
(c) His feet
(d) His hands

4. What does Marie do until late in the night?
(a) Sing
(b) Pray
(c) Read
(d) Write

5. Who give Lil the medication?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her chemist
(c) Her priest
(d) Her friend

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is buried in the first section of the Burial of the Dead?

2. In a Game of Chess, what does the rich woman end up doing with her lover?

3. What part of Germany is does the narrator spend his summers in the Burial of the Dead?

4. What picks Phlebas’s bones in Part IV, Death by Water?

5. What type of pattern is etched into the glass found in a Game of Chess?

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