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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is illusory about the soldiers under Grappa and Alcide's command?
(a) They have no equipment but pretend they still do
(b) There is no barracks for them to quarter in
(c) They have enemies but pretend they do not
(d) There are no soldiers

2. What profession do the Putas belong to?
(a) Acting
(b) Jewellers
(c) Money-lenders
(d) Doctors

3. What does Bardamu realize has happened to him in Section 11 after he wakes up from his illness?
(a) He has been stolen
(b) He has been sold to an oarsman
(c) He has been kidnapped
(d) He has been rescued

4. Why are the other passengers on the steamboat suspicious of Bardamu?
(a) He is the only paying passenger
(b) He dresses very well
(c) He was once a soldier
(d) He is the only Frenchman

5. Why is Bardamu's and Musyne's relationship complicated and difficult?
(a) Because Musyne never had any money
(b) Because Musyne was really a German spy
(c) Because Robinson often got in the way
(d) Because of Musyne's infidelities with the military officers

6. What happens when Bardamu tries to resign his post?
(a) He is allowed to resign
(b) He is shot for treason
(c) He is attacked for cowardice
(d) He sees his captain killed

7. In Section 4, where does Bardamu begin the narrative?
(a) The front line
(b) At a carnival
(c) In a hospital
(d) In Britain

8. What event is about to happen in world history, across Europe at the beginning of the book?
(a) The Second World War
(b) The Korean War
(c) The First World War
(d) The Black Death

9. Why does Bardamu feel disgusted about the culture of Paris?
(a) Because of its food
(b) Because of its politics
(c) Because of its war-rhetoric
(d) Because of its fashion-sense

10. Why did Princhard steal?
(a) Because he was greedy
(b) Because he was hungry
(c) Because he is a kleptomaniac
(d) Because customarily thieves are not allowed to serve in the army

11. Whom does Bardamu meet outside while investigating a town in Section 3?
(a) Grapper
(b) Alcide
(c) Princhard
(d) Robinson

12. What does Bardamu think he is going to find in America?
(a) Inspiration
(b) Wealth and riches
(c) True love
(d) Power and glory

13. How much money do the Putas give Voireuse and Bardamu?
(a) Fifty francs
(b) Five hundred francs
(c) Five thousand francs
(d) Five francs

14. Where does Bardamu decide to go?
(a) To Britain
(b) To Fort Gono
(c) To America
(d) To the last trading post before the jungle

15. What makes the Putas sad about the war?
(a) That they are fighting the Germans
(b) The loss of money to their business
(c) The idea of parents' children drying
(d) That everything is rationed

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bardamu surprised at while shopping in Africa?

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

3. What does the Mayor tell Robinson and Bardamu is the reason Noirceur is so peaceful?

4. How does Bardamu escape his problems in Section 10?

5. How do the patients amuse themselves at the hospital?

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