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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the narrator hear rattling in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Bones
(b) Books
(c) Leaves
(d) Coins
2. How long does the Thames run in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Until the end of time
(b) Until the song is over
(c) Until the sun returns
(d) Until it freezes over
3. What is Phlebas able to forget when he dies in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) His lover
(b) His sins
(c) The war
(d) His profits and losses
4. What will bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A motor
(b) A horse
(c) A dream
(d) A favorable wind
5. What instrument does the narrator hear while walking along Lower Thames Street?
(a) Harmonica
(b) Mandolin
(c) Harpsichord
(d) Lute
6. What does the narrator say humble people expect from him in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Nothing
(b) Information
(c) Brutality
(d) Love
7. What does the merchant not notice about the typist in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) She is in pain
(b) She does not want his advances
(c) She has another lover
(d) She is with child
8. What does Mr. Eugenides have in his pocket?
(a) Tacks
(b) Rocks
(c) Currants
(d) Coins
9. What language is used after Mrs. Porter is described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Latin
(b) French
(c) Russian
(d) German
10. With what does Mrs. Porter wash her feet inPart III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Acid
(b) Soda water
(c) Oil
(d) Saline
11. What is at the narrator’s back in the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A pile of leaves
(b) The sun
(c) The life he leaves behind
(d) A cold blast
12. How is the belly of the animal that creeps through the vegetation described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Bloody
(b) Slimy
(c) Bulging
(d) Strange
13. What color is the hour when Tiresias is watching?
(a) Pink
(b) Violet
(c) Indigo
(d) Coral
14. What departs at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The summer
(b) The light
(c) The love
(d) The nymphs
15. What is the narrator doing when an animal is seen creeping through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Eating
(b) Gathering
(c) Fishing
(d) Crying
Short Answer Questions
1. What shines on Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
2. Who is described as rudely forced in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
3. In Part III, The Fire Sermon, what do the departed forget to leave?
4. What picks Phlebas’s bones in Part IV, Death by Water?
5. Where does the typist get her food?
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