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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the soldiers have to do every month in order to get supplies?

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

4. What new skill has Bardamu developed in Section 11, following his illness?

5. What does Bardamu think he is going to find in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bardamu think is the interesting quality of the Manhattan Banks?

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

4. What is the best description of the main character's personality?

5. Who saves Bardamu from the jungle?

6. What is the significance of Major Pincon's map?

7. Why does Bardamu join the army in Section 1?

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

9. In Bardamu's view, why do all the Americans go to the movies?

10. What hallucination does Bardamu start to have at the end of Section 4 and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the use of the first person affect our reading of the novel? Cite examples to describe this interaction with the reader.

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate Bardamu's relationship to women throughout the novel (and particularly his romantic involvements). How does he treat women? Why do his relationships always end disastrously?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Bardamu think Manhattan Island is similar to a religious experience for some?

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