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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main character's nationality?
(a) South American.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) American.

2. What does Michel's wife think about her husband's new persona?
(a) She hates it and becomes very angry.
(b) She is mildly unnerved.
(c) She doesn't mind as long as he's still got plenty of money.
(d) She is excited.

3. Who is the protagonist of The Immoralist?
(a) Denis.
(b) Ali.
(c) Michel.
(d) Daniel.

4. Which phrase does Michel use to describe the first time he makes love with his wife?
(a) "A momentary laughter in which our souls united."
(b) "Living life for that very moment."
(c) "The joy made me want to laugh."
(d) "An old man should reach out his hands."

5. When does Michel's mother die?
(a) Shortly before his wedding.
(b) Shortly after his wedding.
(c) When he is 35.
(d) When he is 15.

6. In Part 1, Chapter 3, Michel's wife introduces him to a new place to walk. What is this place?
(a) A park full of playground equipment.
(b) A shady grove of gardens.
(c) A grove of cypress trees.
(d) A pathway to an orchard.

7. What is the name of the country estate Michel and his wife decide to visit in Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) La Millionaire.
(b) La Marinara
(c) La Molinaire.
(d) La Moriniere.

8. In Part 1, Chapter 9, the couple spends several happy days in which town first?
(a) Florence.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Rome.
(d) Sorrento.

9. What does Michel read on his last night in Biskra when he can't sleep?
(a) A specific passage he looked up in the hotel Bible.
(b) A random passage in the hotel Bible.
(c) A specific passage he looked up in his own Bible.
(d) A random passage from his Bible.

10. What word or phrase best describes Michel's persona in Part 1, Chapters 5-7?
(a) Positive.
(b) Positive, yet cruel to his wife.
(c) Negative.
(d) Negative and very cruel to his wife.

11. What does the information Michel receives in the mail regarding his illness show him?
(a) He has been taking the wrong medicine all along.
(b) The treatment he has been following is not appropriate for a full recovery.
(c) He should make use of leeches to get rid of the disease.
(d) The doctor misdiagnosed him.

12. What does Michel tell his wife he is doing while she walks ahead when they visit their new walking place?
(a) Breathing exercises in the fresh air.
(b) Meeting lots of new boys.
(c) Resting in the shade.
(d) Playing marbles with the children.

13. How does Michel feel on his last night in Biskra?
(a) Like he wants to write a book.
(b) So alive that everything else seems dead.
(c) Like he's ready to get back to his studies.
(d) Like he's going to have a relapse.

14. What is the diagnosis the doctor gives Michel?
(a) Cirosis.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Sclerosis.

15. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 7, Michel begins to see his life with...
(a) Shame instead of joy.
(b) Joy instead of fear.
(c) Joy instead of shame.
(d) Fear instead of joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Michel recuperate from his illness on the honeymoon trip?

2. As Michel's health improves he still experiences...

3. What is the final destination of Michel's honeymoon trip?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 8, to which city does Michel choose to walk?

5. What are Michel's studies that he returns to after his honeymoon?

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