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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is dropped into Phutatoruis' lap in Volume 4?
(a) A cup of tea.
(b) A full inkwell.
(c) The forceps.
(d) A hot chestnut.

2. What does Mr. Yorick often loan the villagers?
(a) His cloak.
(b) Money.
(c) His horses.
(d) Grain.

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

4. What does Trim oil in Volume 3?
(a) The generator.
(b) The floor.
(c) His hair.
(d) Door hinges.

5. Who is Mr. Yorick?
(a) Walter's servant.
(b) The midwife's husband.
(c) The village doctor.
(d) The village parson.

6. What opinion does Tristram have about time?
(a) It moves too quickly.
(b) It moves too slowly.
(c) It is meaningless.
(d) Everyone's concept of time is different.

7. Whom does Phutatoruis blame for his injury?
(a) Toby.
(b) Eugenuis.
(c) Yorick.
(d) Diduis.

8. What phrase is inscribed on Mr. Yorick's gravestone?
(a) Alas, poor Yorick.
(b) Resquiet Im Pace.
(c) He loved the nag.
(d) He rode well.

9. Who does Tristram compare to the main character in Don Quixote?
(a) Mr. Yorick.
(b) Walter Shandy.
(c) Toby Shandy.
(d) Dr. Slop.

10. According to Uncle Toby, when do Tristram's problems begin?
(a) At the age of five.
(b) At birth.
(c) Nine months before he enters the world.
(d) Sixty seconds after he is conceived.

11. In Volume 4, why does the man with the big nose travel to Strasborg?
(a) To seek a surgeon.
(b) To attend a nose convention.
(c) To sell a cow.
(d) To find a wife.

12. On which night does Walter Shandy always wind the clock?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

13. Which famous poet does Tristram quote in Volume 1?
(a) Theognis.
(b) Poe.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Horace.

14. Where does Mrs. Shandy wish to deliver her child?
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) The Shandy estate.
(d) Paris.

15. Who is present at Mr. Yorick's death?
(a) Eugenuis.
(b) Obadiah.
(c) Dr. Slop.
(d) Tristram.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phutatoruis exclaim when he is injured?

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

3. Why is Tristram's christening rushed?

4. Why does Toby Shandy come to live with Walter and his family?

5. To what does Walter Shandy attribute his family problems?

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