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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. In Section 11, how does Bardamu survive the jungle?
(a) He treks out on his own
(b) He is carried out by natives
(c) He meets Robinson
(d) He finds Alcide

2. What is Bardamu surprised at while shopping in Africa?
(a) How everyone is trying to cheat anyone else
(b) How cheap everything he finds is
(c) How honesty everyone is
(d) How brave everyone is

3. In what year does the book start?
(a) 1913
(b) 1940
(c) 1914
(d) 1944

4. What reasons does the Mayor of Noirceur cite for his treachery?
(a) Power and glory
(b) Money and wealth
(c) Historic artifacts and architecture
(d) The Germans

5. Why does Bardamu suddenly join a parade?
(a) To feel like a hero
(b) For the money
(c) To attack his nation's enemies
(d) So he can win a medal

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bardamu think Americans solve their boredom?

2. Where does Bardamu decide to go in Section 9?

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

4. What happens if the inmates in Section 5 are not cured?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Bardamu look down on the nurses?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Bardamu discover about Noirceur from its mayor?

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