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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the inmates in Section 5 cured?
(a) Speeches and electroshock therapy
(b) They are threatened with death on a regular basis
(c) Anti-depressant medication
(d) Counseling

2. According to Bardamu, why do the whites work so hard in the colonies?
(a) Life is so hard
(b) They will be beaten otherwise
(c) They have fantasies about becoming rich
(d) They are hard-working citizens

3. Who benefits from the war in Bardamu's estimation?
(a) The British Isles
(b) The poor and the needy
(c) The rich and powerful
(d) The military

4. Where is Bardamu incarcerated?
(a) In a military prison
(b) A military hospital
(c) In a civilian prison
(d) In a prisoner of war camp

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is being celebrated in the public occasion Bardamu sees passing his window?

2. Who does Bardamu meet at his trading outpost in Section 10?

3. What important 'kit' does Major Pincon own?

4. What instrument does Musyne play?

5. Which of the following best describes Bardamu's personality?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Bardamu realize he has been swindled in Section 11?

2. In Section 7, where does Bardamu decide to go and why?

3. What does Bardamu find so calculating and ruthless about the Director?

4. What do the hospital patients attempt to do to amuse themselves?

5. What is Voireuse's scheme for getting money?

6. In Section 5 and 6, where is Bardamu staying, and why?

7. Who do Voireuse and Bardamu first approach for money in Section 7?

8. What is strange about the military outpost under Lt. Grappa's command?

9. Who is the man at the last trading hut before the jungle?

10. Whom does Bardamu meet outside Noirceur who becomes an enduring character in his own life?

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