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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bebert fall sick of?
(a) Yellow fever
(b) Typhoid fever
(c) Common fever
(d) Malarial fever

2. How will Robinson make his money?
(a) Publishing papers
(b) Selling alcohol
(c) Smuggling guns
(d) Guiding illegal tours of mummified remains

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

4. How many mummified bodies are there in the crypt in Section 21?
(a) Twenty
(b) Twenty-six
(c) Six
(d) Nineteen

5. What does Bardamu think Mr. Henrouille is actually suffering from?
(a) Greed
(b) Pride
(c) Fear
(d) Jealousy

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Bardamu meet outside while investigating a town in Section 3?

2. Where is Bardamu called to go at the beginning of Section 19?

3. Why is the midwife angry at Bardamu?

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

5. What makes Bardamu think that humanity's cruelty has evolved?

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