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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feature of Neanderthal physiology is described as a sunk cost?
(a) Hand.
(b) Jaw.
(c) Arm.
(d) Sternum.

2. What is the narrator’s blood type?
(a) A.
(b) O.
(c) B.
(d) AB.

3. Which of the following is Debord given by his brother-in-law?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Bordeaux.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Beaujolais.

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

5. In what year is Debord a problem for the French government?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1972.

6. From which play is the epigraph taken?
(a) Cymbeline.
(b) Love’s Labour’s Lost.
(c) The Winter’s Tale.
(d) Twelfth Night.

7. The narrator drinks a rosé from which of the following?
(a) Limoges.
(b) Lacaune.
(c) Lourdes.
(d) Luberon.

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

9. Where does the narrator claim to work when she moves in with Lucien?
(a) Lafayette.
(b) Vincennes.
(c) Romainville.
(d) Bagnolet.

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

11. 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) “My initial contact with Lucien Dubois had been a cold bump.”
(c) “An hour later, driving toward my meeting with Pascal Balmy, I found myself following a white Citroën panel truck.”
(d) “Neanderthals were prone to depression.”

12. How many Euros per day does the narrator’s rental car cost?
(a) 8.
(b) 40.
(c) 80.
(d) 120.

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

14. Which of the following does Bruno deplore?
(a) Périgord.
(b) Creuse.
(c) Savoie.
(d) Dordogne.

15. In what village does the narrator meet Pascal?
(a) Tayssac.
(b) Reugny.
(c) Vouvray.
(d) Vantôme.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lucien *wearing* when the narrator first meets him?

2. Which of the following does the narrator encounter for sale along her route to her lodgings?

3. What make of vehicle does Lucien’s uncle drive?

4. In what year is Bruno born?

5. What is the acronym from French riot police?

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