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

2. What does the Mayor tell Robinson and Bardamu is the reason Noirceur is so peaceful?
(a) God favors them
(b) Because it is overlooked by the armies
(c) Because no one likes the town
(d) He has made a deal with the Germans

3. Where does the ship Bardamu wakes up on after his illness dock?
(a) New York City
(b) Manhattan Island
(c) Seattle, Washington
(d) San Francisco

4. What scam does Voireuse have, which he allows Bardamu to join him on?
(a) He plans to breed pigs
(b) He plans to breed rabbits
(c) He tells war stories to parents of soldiers for money
(d) He plans to beg on the streets

5. Who does Bardamu start to hang around with in Section 7?
(a) Alcide
(b) Robinson
(c) Voireuse
(d) Paraprine

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bardamu's superior officer?

2. What is the only thing that Bardamu wishes for in Section 9?

3. In Section 12, where is Bardamu asked to go to?

4. What has the father in Section 7 already done?

5. What town is Bardamu sent to investigate in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bardamu think about the Germans during the First World War?

2. What does Bardamu feel about Lola and the people of Paris?

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

4. What does Bardamu realize about his new life in Africa, this new continent and the people he associates with?

5. What is the traditional cure for cowardice used in the military hospitals?

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

7. Why is Bardamu sent to the town of Noirceur?

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

9. Who is Musyne, and why does her relationship with Bardamu fail to work?

10. What does Bardamu think of the marching parade?

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