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Front Matter and I. The Delights of Solitude

1. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) James.
(b) Jason.
(c) Jared.
(d) Jaden.

2. From which character is the epigraph taken?
(a) Maria.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Viola.
(d) Ophelia.

3. From which play is the epigraph taken?
(a) Love’s Labour’s Lost.
(b) The Winter’s Tale.
(c) Twelfth Night.
(d) Cymbeline.

4. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “In 1939, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writher, physician, war hero, invalid, anti-Semite, and author of novels full of grammatical ellipses…”
(b) “Neanderthals were prone to depression.”
(c) “My initial contact with Lucien Dubois had been a cold bump.”
(d) “An hour later, driving toward my meeting with Pascal Balmy, I found myself following a white Citroën panel truck.”

5. How many cubic centimeters does Bruno ascribe to the Neanderthal braincase?
(a) 8000.
(b) 800.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1000.

6. What feature of Neanderthal physiology is described as a sunk cost?
(a) Arm.
(b) Hand.
(c) Jaw.
(d) Sternum.

7. In what village does the narrator meet Pascal?
(a) Tayssac.
(b) Vantôme.
(c) Reugny.
(d) Vouvray.

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