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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Molly try to help Bardamu?
(a) By organizing a party for him
(b) By telling her friends about him
(c) By writing him love poetry
(d) By looking for another job

2. What does Dr. Paraprine advise Bardamu in Section 17?
(a) To change professions
(b) Make some money
(c) Give up
(d) Just do his best

3. What does Bardamu call New York City?
(a) A prison
(b) A church
(c) A carnival
(d) A wilderness

4. What happens if the inmates in Section 5 are not cured?
(a) They are sent abroad
(b) They are released
(c) They are sent back to war
(d) They are shot or sent to an insane asylum

5. Who is the main character?
(a) Lola
(b) Leon Robinson
(c) Doctor Paraprine
(d) Ferdinand Bardamu

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bardamu suddenly join a parade?

2. What does the bearded man in Section 10 do to Bardamu?

3. Whom do they find at the house when they arrive there?

4. What event is about to happen in world history, across Europe at the beginning of the book?

5. Whom does Bardamu meet in Paris that he falls in lust for?

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