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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. To whom does the narrator compare Pascal before meeting him?
(a) Marie Curie.
(b) Joan of Arc.
(c) Simone de Beauvoir.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

2. Which author’s residence does Lucien point out to the narrator?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Dumas.
(c) Hugo.
(d) De Sade.

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

4. Which of the following had the narrator targeted?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Stacy.
(c) Amy.
(d) Traci.

5. What is the acronym from French riot police?
(a) CRV.
(b) CRS.
(c) CRU.
(d) CRT.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make of car does the narrator rent while in France?

2. What language does the narrator speak?

3. What type of human does Bruno note is the first to have used fire?

4. How does the novel gloss “hypnagogic”?

5. From where does the narrator first encounter Priest Valley?

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