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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator note hearing as she and Lucien are driven to a hotel?
(a) Danger Doom.
(b) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
(c) LFMAO.
(d) Daft Punk.

2. What crop is proposed for raising in Guyenne?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wheat.

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

4. 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.”

5. What Ministry do those in Guyenne regard as opponents?
(a) Rural Coherence.
(b) Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs.
(c) Culture.
(d) National Education.

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

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

8. Which color does Bruno note pervades Neanderthal art?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

9. To an increase in what does Bruno ascribe Neanderthal development?
(a) Temperature.
(b) Population.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Eating.

10. What is Platon’s rank?
(a) Assistant minister.
(b) Under-minister.
(c) Vice minister.
(d) Deputy minister.

11. Which tree does the narrator associate with Priest Valley?
(a) Poplar.
(b) Lindern.
(c) Beech.
(d) Laurel.

12. How does the novel gloss “hypnagogic”?
(a) Staying awake.
(b) Waking up.
(c) Staying asleep.
(d) Falling asleep.

13. To which of the following does the narrator compare Lucien?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Spy.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Tinker.

14. What type of human does Bruno note is the first to have used fire?
(a) Sapiens.
(b) Erectus.
(c) Denisovian.
(d) Neanderthal.

15. In what discipline had the narrator pursued graduate education?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Rhetoric.
(c) Criminal Justice.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator compare Pascal before meeting him?

2. What traditional agricultural operations remain in Guyenne?

3. Which of the following had participated along with Occitan nationalists in protests against a French military base?

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

5. What is the name of Platon’s chauffeur?

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