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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is stung by jellyfish?
(a) Lucien.
(b) Attilio.
(c) Vito.
(d) Serge.

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

4. Which of the following had participated along with Occitan nationalists in protests against a French military base?
(a) Coffee growers.
(b) Basket weavers.
(c) Hog farmers.
(d) Cheese farmers.

5. In what city does the narrator first meet Lucien?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Toulouse.
(c) Paris.
(d) Nantes.

6. What magazine does the narrator find stocked in her lodgings?
(a) Paris Match.
(b) New Yorker.
(c) London Times.
(d) Bourdeau Report.

7. At what institution had the narrator pursued graduate education?
(a) Cal Tech.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Stanford.

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

9. Which of the following does the novel note is called the Hobbit?
(a) Homo sapiens.
(b) Homo habilis.
(c) Homo erectus.
(d) Homo floresiensis.

10. Which of the following does Lucien point out to the narrator?
(a) Place d'Armes.
(b) Fort de Tourville.
(c) Tour du Canoubier.
(d) Château d’If.

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

12. What traditional agricultural operations remain in Guyenne?
(a) Beef.
(b) Mohair.
(c) Pork.
(d) Dairy.

13. What does the French government introduce to control rats?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Ocelots.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Lynx.

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

15. What make of vehicle does Lucien’s uncle drive?
(a) Chrysler.
(b) Citroën.
(c) Fiat.
(d) Škoda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following had been sabotaged near Guyenne?

3. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

4. What beach does the narrator visit while Lucien films?

5. On what highway does the narrator approach the lodgings she has from Lucien?

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