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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 Soviet researcher’s work does Bruno reference?
(a) Nevsky.
(b) Zaslavskaya.
(c) Levada.
(d) Etinger.

2. What is the name of Lucien’s uncle?
(a) Henri.
(b) Jacques.
(c) Jean-Luc.
(d) Robert.

3. What weather afflicts the narrator as she accompanies Lucien in filming?
(a) Sirocco.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Derecho.
(d) Mistral.

4. What is the population of Priest Valley?
(a) 0.
(b) 550.
(c) 2200.
(d) 1100.

5. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “In 1939, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writher, physician, war hero, invalid, anti-Semite, and author of novels full of grammatical ellipses…”
(b) “Neanderthals were prone to depression.”
(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. Where does Bruno note an abundance of early art?

2. In what year is Bruno born?

3. Which of the following does Bruno call “late-arriving man”?

4. How many cubic centimeters does Bruno ascribe to the Neanderthal braincase?

5. In what village does the narrator meet Pascal?

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