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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the patients amuse themselves at the hospital?
(a) By attacking and playing jokes on the staff
(b) By attempting to be more patriotic than the others
(c) By making fun of the Normals
(d) By playing pool

2. What happens if the inmates in Section 5 are not cured?
(a) They are sent back to war
(b) They are sent abroad
(c) They are released
(d) They are shot or sent to an insane asylum

3. Where does Bardamu decide to travel to in Section 8?
(a) America
(b) Africa
(c) China
(d) Britain

4. What is Bardamu surprised at while shopping in Africa?
(a) How brave everyone is
(b) How honesty everyone is
(c) How cheap everything he finds is
(d) How everyone is trying to cheat anyone else

5. What does Bardamu call the condition that he and those he is jailed with have in Section 5?
(a) Cowardice
(b) An impaired sense of patriotism
(c) Depression
(d) Shell shock

Short Answer Questions

1. What event is about to happen in world history, across Europe at the beginning of the book?

2. As stated in Section 3, how is Robinson similar to Bardamu?

3. What dangerous creatures does Bardamu attempt to fend off in Section 8?

4. What happens when Bardamu tries to resign his post?

5. How does Bardamu almost become a celebrity in Section 6?

(see the answer key)

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