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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. Priest Valley and III. Joan Crawford’s Face.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does the II. Priest Valley begin?
(a) “An hour later, driving toward my meeting with Pascal Balmy, I found myself following a white Citroën panel truck.”
(b) “They paid me the exorbitant price I’d named.”
(c) “In 1939, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writher, physician, war hero, invalid, anti-Semite, and author of novels full of grammatical ellipses…”
(d) “My initial contact with Lucien Dubois had been a cold bump.”

2. How old is the narrator at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 29.
(b) 39.
(c) 24.
(d) 34.

3. What did Bruno’s son study?
(a) Hydrology.
(b) Eschatology.
(c) Geology.
(d) Ponerology.

4. What language does the narrator speak?
(a) German.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Polish.
(d) Swedish.

5. What is Lucien *wearing* when the narrator first meets him?
(a) A fedora.
(b) A zoot suit.
(c) Spats.
(d) Suspenders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following had participated along with Occitan nationalists in protests against a French military base?

2. In what year is Bruno born?

3. From where does the narrator first encounter Priest Valley?

4. What is the acronym from French riot police?

5. What make of car does the narrator rent while in France?

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