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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toby Shandy have difficulty remembering after the war?
(a) How to tie his cravat.
(b) Exactly how he was injured.
(c) How to eat and drink.
(d) His full name.

2. Where is Mrs. Shandy forced to deliver her child?
(a) Along the roadside.
(b) London.
(c) The Shandy estate.
(d) The village inn.

3. Why does Yorick christen Tristram with the wrong name?
(a) Yorick is deaf and cannot hear clearly.
(b) He doesn't like the name Walter has chosen.
(c) Mrs. Shandy interrupts the christening.
(d) Susannah mispronounces the name.

4. In Volume 5, why does Mrs. Shandy eavesdrop on her husband?
(a) She suspects he is being unfaithful.
(b) She thought she heard the word "wife".
(c) She wants to learn about the world of men.
(d) She is interested in his reaction.

5. What reaction does Trim have to Bobby's death?
(a) He weeps uncontrollably.
(b) He goes back to sleep.
(c) He continues reading his book.
(d) He delivers a poetical speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phutatoruis exclaim when he is injured?

2. Who has the power to change Tristram's name?

3. What is the irony evident in Walter Shandy's book?

4. Who does Mrs. Shandy wish to have deliver her child?

5. What does Walter Shandy decide to write in Volume 5?

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