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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. Priest Valley and III. Joan Crawford’s Face.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Lucien’s antagonistic aunt?
(a) Agathe.
(b) Marie.
(c) Jeanne.
(d) Andrea.

2. What is Lucien *wearing* when the narrator first meets him?
(a) A fedora.
(b) Spats.
(c) Suspenders.
(d) A zoot suit.

3. Where does Bruno note a skull containing features from two different human types was found?
(a) Serbia.
(b) Chechnya.
(c) Croatia.
(d) Slovenia.

4. What is the name of Platon’s chauffeur?
(a) Georges.
(b) Jean-Luc.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Jacque.

5. With which of the following does the II. Priest Valley begin?
(a) “They paid me the exorbitant price I’d named.”
(b) “In 1939, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writher, physician, war hero, invalid, anti-Semite, and author of novels full of grammatical ellipses…”
(c) “My initial contact with Lucien Dubois had been a cold bump.”
(d) “An hour later, driving toward my meeting with Pascal Balmy, I found myself following a white Citroën panel truck.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How many attempts to guess Bruno’s email password does the narrator require to succeed?

2. How does the novel gloss “crudivore”?

3. Where does Debord write against wage work?

4. To which of the following is Guyenne contrasted?

5. What percentage of Neanderthal genes does Bruno posit modern humans carry?

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