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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Mrs. Porter wash her feet inPart III, The Fire Sermon?

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

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

4. Where did Phlebas die in Part IV, Death by Water?

5. What language does Mr. Eugenides use he speaks to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Tiresias witness in The Fire Sermon?

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

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

6. Who is Phlebas in Death by Water?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Two different relationships are compared in A Game of Chess. Why does the poet included these different relationship, and what do they symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

The Unreal City is mentioned a number of times. What is the Unreal City and why is this city important to the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

Human nature is a strong symbol and theme in this poem. Where does this symbol appear, and what role does it play in the poem?

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