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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. What language is used after Mrs. Porter is described in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) French
(b) Latin
(c) Russian
(d) German

2. What is the narrator doing when an animal is seen creeping through the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Crying
(b) Fishing
(c) Gathering
(d) Eating

3. How does the Thames run at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Quietly
(b) Softly
(c) Boldly
(d) Gracefully

4. What is at the narrator’s back in the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) The sun
(b) A pile of leaves
(c) The life he leaves behind
(d) A cold blast

5. What is Phlebas able to forget when he dies in Part IV, Death by Water?
(a) His lover
(b) The war
(c) His profits and losses
(d) His sins

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose finger sinks into the wet bank in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

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

3. Where are bones of the bodies littered on the ground cast in Part III, The Fire Sermon?

4. Whose tent breaks at the beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

5. Where does the narrator weep at beginning of Part III, The Fire Sermon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In The Fire Sermon, what does Richmond, promise and how does the narrator respond to this?

4. Why is Mr. Eugenides included in The Fire Sermon?

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

6. Who is Phlebas in Death by Water?

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

8. What does the river mentioned at the beginning of The Fire Sermon symbolize?

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

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

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