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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom had René worked?
(a) Daimler.
(b) Volkswagen.
(c) BMW.
(d) Opel.

2. What blood type was the Nazi soldier whose corpse Bruno and his friends looted?
(a) AB.
(b) A.
(c) B.
(d) O.

3. What biker club had the narrator infiltrated?
(a) Gypsy Jokers.
(b) Iron Order.
(c) Hell’s Angels.
(d) Rock Machine.

4. What profession had Lucien’s father pursued?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Banker.
(d) Architect.

5. What kind of fish does Bruno watch a pine marten catch?
(a) Perch.
(b) Trout.
(c) Bass.
(d) Crappie.

6. Which of the following did Bruno author?
(a) Zones of Incivility.
(b) On Truth.
(c) Leaving the World Behind.
(d) Creation Lake.

7. Approximately how many Moulinards live at the commune?
(a) 45.
(b) 72.
(c) 63.
(d) 54.

8. Which gender theorist does Pascal reference?
(a) Male.
(b) Butler.
(c) Lesser.
(d) Blumberg.

9. Which of the following accompanies Platon to Guyenne?
(a) Michel Thomas.
(b) Rafael Andrew.
(c) Gabriel Peter.
(d) Ariel Simon.

10. Where does the narrator shop for supplies?
(a) Leader Price.
(b) Monpannier.
(c) Supermarché Principal.
(d) Monoprix.

11. From what make and model of car does the narrator hear “Lemon Incest”?
(a) Toyota Avalon.
(b) Chrysler Sebring.
(c) Ford Taurus.
(d) Subaru Legacy.

12. With which of the following does IV. Lemon Incest begin?
(a) “They paid me the exorbitant price I’d named.”
(b) “An hour later, driving toward my meeting with Pascal Balmy, I found myself following a white Citroën panel truck.”
(c) “Neanderthals were prone to depression.”
(d) “In 1939, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writher, physician, war hero, invalid, anti-Semite, and author of novels full of grammatical ellipses…”

13. What kind of bass does René seek?
(a) Black.
(b) Largemouth.
(c) Guadalupe.
(d) Upright.

14. What translation does the novel propose for “puissance”?
(a) Potability.
(b) Power.
(c) Potency.
(d) Potentiality.

15. What profession had Pascal’s father pursued?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Banker.
(d) Architect.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the novel gloss the term “kireru”?

2. On which of the following does the narrator remark a biker relies?

3. What year’s baby picture of Debord does the narrator note seeing?

4. Who helps Pascal with his cow?

5. Where is a British torpedo gunboat struck by a passenger ship?

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