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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as rudely forced in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Mrs. Porter
(b) Venus
(c) Philomel
(d) Elizabeth

2. What does Mr. Eugenides have in his pocket?
(a) Rocks
(b) Tacks
(c) Coins
(d) Currants

3. What will bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A dream
(b) A motor
(c) A favorable wind
(d) A horse

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

5. How does the narrator speak near the Thames?
(a) All of those things listed here
(b) False
(c) Loud
(d) Long

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times is the word, ‘Twit’ repeated in succession in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

3. What does the narrator hear rattling in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

4. What season is the animal is seen creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tiresias described in The Fire Sermon?

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

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

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

5. Who is Phlebas in Death by Water?

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

7. What is the main message of this section of The Fire Sermon?

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

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

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

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