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DEATH BY WATER.

by T. S. Eliot.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of 'Death by Water' within The Waste Land?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the central theme of 'Death by Water'?

Q03of 10

What does the phrase 'profit and loss' most likely represent in the poem?

Q04of 10

Who is the implied speaker addressing in the line 'O you who turn the wheel'?

Q05of 10

The image 'A current under sea / Picked his bones in whispers' primarily employs which poetic technique?

Q06of 10

Which of the following best describes the tone of 'Death by Water'?

Q07of 10

The phrase 'stages of his age and youth' as Phlebas enters the whirlpool suggests which idea?

Q08of 10

The address 'Gentile or Jew' serves which literary purpose?

Q09of 10

Phlebas the Phoenician is most likely an allusion to which broader literary or mythological tradition?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, how long has Phlebas been dead when the poem opens?

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