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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) Elizabeth
(b) Philomel
(c) Mrs. Porter
(d) Venus

2. Whose finger sinks into the wet bank in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) A blossom’s
(b) A leaf’s
(c) A rock’s
(d) An orphan’s

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

4. How is the belly of the animal that creeps through the vegetation described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Strange
(b) Bulging
(c) Bloody
(d) Slimy

5. How does Tiresias know the typist does not love the merchant?
(a) All things listed here
(b) She is grateful to see him leave
(c) She is unresponsive to his advances
(d) She is not satisfied with his love making

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Eugenides have in his pocket?

2. Where is the animal found creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

3. What part of his own body does Tiresias call feminine?

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

5. How long does the Thames run in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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