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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Walter Shandy want to name his newborn son?
(a) Phutatoruis.
(b) Judas.
(c) Trismegistus.
(d) Tristram.

2. What is Mrs. Shandy's maiden name?
(a) Elsabeth Mollard.
(b) Elizabeth Yorick.
(c) Elizabeth Mollineux.
(d) Emily Yorick.

3. What tune does Toby whistle in Volume 3?
(a) Lillabullero.
(b) Ally Croaker.
(c) The Keys of Canterbury.
(d) Eileen Oge.

4. Who orders hot chestnuts from the kitchen in Volume 4?
(a) Triptolemus.
(b) Kysarcius.
(c) Gastripheres.
(d) Phutatorius.

5. When the midwife falls, what does Dr. Slop offer to examine?
(a) Her hip.
(b) Her hand.
(c) Her shin.
(d) Her nose.

6. Who is Toby Shandy?
(a) Walter's brother.
(b) Walter's father.
(c) Walter's nephew.
(d) Walter's grandfather.

7. What animal does Toby gently catch and release when Tristram is ten?
(a) A fly.
(b) A flea.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A gnat.

8. What comfort does Dr. Slop offer Walter Shandy in Volume 2?
(a) He is young enough to find another wife.
(b) Medicine has made great advances.
(c) Children do grow up and move away.
(d) All births are difficult.

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

10. Who is Hammond Shandy?
(a) Tristram's great-uncle.
(b) Toby's father.
(c) Tristram's great-grandfather.
(d) Tristram's grandfather.

11. Who is named as Tristram's godfather?
(a) Obidiah.
(b) Yorick.
(c) Toby.
(d) Trim.

12. What saves Toby's life after the war?
(a) His hobby.
(b) Trim's encouragement.
(c) Susannah's poultices.
(d) Walter's support.

13. How tall is Dr. Slop?
(a) Six feet tall.
(b) Five and three-quarters of a foot tall.
(c) Three feet, eleven inches tall.
(d) Four and a half feet tall.

14. Who has the power to change Tristram's name?
(a) Phutatoruis.
(b) Yorick.
(c) Diduis.
(d) Eugenuis.

15. Who is Slawkenburguis?
(a) A nose scholar.
(b) A local lawyer.
(c) Walter's favorite philosopher.
(d) A famous physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator?

2. Where on his body is Toby Shandy wounded?

3. What is in Flanders?

4. Who dies and leaves Walter a substantial inheritance in Volume 4?

5. Which famous poet does Tristram quote in Volume 1?

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