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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What size font does the narrator note Bruno uses?
(a) 10-point.
(b) 24-point.
(c) 12-point.
(d) 14-point.

4. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) James.
(b) Jared.
(c) Jaden.
(d) Jason.

5. How does the narrator euphemize urination?
(a) Watering grass.
(b) Opening the draon.
(c) Pouring beer.
(d) Making beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather afflicts the narrator as she accompanies Lucien in filming?

2. In what village had earth-moving equipment been sabotaged?

3. What is the name of Lucien’s uncle?

4. From where does Platon hail?

5. How many Euros per day does the narrator’s rental car cost?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator note being happy to be courted by Lucien?

2. What is eau-de-vie?

3. How had a megabasin in Limousin been sabotaged?

4. For what is the phrase “reabsorbed into the greater chain of being” (108) a euphemism?

5. What does Bruno posit is the root cause of depression?

6. How does Bruno characterize the myth of Prometheus and Epimetheus?

7. What does Lucien do to pay his bills?

8. How does Bruno posit that the Neanderthals first used tobacco?

9. What does Bruno note is the distinction between modern humans’ early art and that of the Neanderthal?

10. What does the narrator find evoked by Lucien’s posture when she first meets him?

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