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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the acronym from French riot police?
(a) CRS.
(b) CRV.
(c) CRU.
(d) CRT.

2. Which of the following had participated along with Occitan nationalists in protests against a French military base?
(a) Cheese farmers.
(b) Coffee growers.
(c) Hog farmers.
(d) Basket weavers.

3. At what institution had the narrator pursued graduate education?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) UCLA.
(c) Cal Tech.
(d) Stanford.

4. What is the most common blood type in Japan, per the novel?
(a) AB.
(b) B.
(c) O.
(d) A.

5. Where does Bruno note an abundance of early art?
(a) Lauzerte.
(b) Lalinde.
(c) Libourne.
(d) Lascaux.

6. What is Platon’s rank?
(a) Assistant minister.
(b) Vice minister.
(c) Under-minister.
(d) Deputy minister.

7. By which of the following is Lucien tormented?
(a) Mosquitos.
(b) Beatles.
(c) Flies.
(d) Gnats.

8. Upon what supermarket does the narrator remark?
(a) Aldi.
(b) Cora.
(c) Auchan.
(d) Carrefour.

9. To which of the following is Guyenne contrasted?
(a) Glières.
(b) Coiron.
(c) Vercors.
(d) Larzac.

10. Where does Platon get hair implants?
(a) Ballard.
(b) Chaillot.
(c) Auteuil.
(d) Plaine-Monceau.

11. What make of vehicle does Lucien’s uncle drive?
(a) Fiat.
(b) Chrysler.
(c) Škoda.
(d) Citroën.

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

13. Towards which of the following does the narrator attempt to navigate?
(a) Brioude.
(b) Bergerac.
(c) Béziers.
(d) Boulière.

14. What is the name of Lucien’s antagonistic aunt?
(a) Marie.
(b) Agathe.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Jeanne.

15. To what does the narrator compare terrine?
(a) Cat food.
(b) Scrambled eggs.
(c) Caviar.
(d) Porridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. To an increase in what does Bruno ascribe Neanderthal development?

2. How old is the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

3. What letter does the narrator note marks her as American?

4. What language does the narrator speak?

5. From which character is the epigraph taken?

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