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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. How does Tristram describe love in his alphabetical listing?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Rightful.
(c) Randy.
(d) Romantical.

2. Why does Toby spend a few nights at the Widow Wadham's house?
(a) She needs manly work done in the house.
(b) The construction of his house is incomplete.
(c) She hosts a large party.
(d) His house floods.

3. What unusual friend does Tristram make in Lyon?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A dove.

4. How does Tristram travel through the southern region of France?
(a) On foot.
(b) By stagecoach.
(c) By train.
(d) By mule.

5. Who feels guilty about removing the lead from the window?
(a) Toby.
(b) Yorick.
(c) Trim.
(d) Susannah.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Volume 8, why does Walter write Toby a letter?

2. What does Susannah burn in Volume 6?

3. Who is Lieutenant Le Fever?

4. Which animal does Tristram describe in Chapter 1 of Volume 6?

5. In Volume 8, which character makes a battle plan with Toby to approach the Widow Wadham?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Shandy household react to the news of Bobby's death?

2. What might Tristram mean when he describes romance as, "It is with love as with cuck-oldom"?

3. Why does Tristram decide to travel abroad in Volume 7?

4. How does Walter Shandy react to Tristram's injury in Volume 5?

5. Describe the farcical nature of the story of the abbess and the novice.

6. What inconsistencies exist in Tristram's friendship with Eugenuis?

7. What are the "beds of justice"?

8. What irony exists in Walter Shandy's attempt to write a child-rearing book?

9. How does Toby react to the end of the war?

10. How does communication among the characters disintegrate in Volume 8?

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