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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. Where does Platon visit his mistress?
(a) Lafayette.
(b) Bagnolet.
(c) Romainville.
(d) Vincennes.

2. How does the novel gloss “crudivore”?
(a) Avoiding crudites.
(b) Seeking crudites.
(c) Avoiding cooked food.
(d) Seeking cooked food.

3. In what year is Bruno born?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1917.

4. What book of the Bible does the narrator reference?
(a) Habakkuk.
(b) Ecclesiastes.
(c) Malachi.
(d) Ecclesiasticus.

5. By which of the following is Lucien tormented?
(a) Gnats.
(b) Flies.
(c) Mosquitos.
(d) Beatles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the population of Priest Valley?

2. The narrator drinks a rosé from which of the following?

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

4. Which of the following does Lucien point out to the narrator?

5. What Soviet researcher’s work does Bruno reference?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator note is the fate of those alongside whom she had pursued graduate schooling?

2. Why does Serge agree to work for Lucien?

3. Why does the narrator posit Platon’s chauffeur despises him?

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

5. What does the narrator posit is the downside of having quick reflexes?

6. Why does the narrator prefer listening to older men to listening to younger men?

7. Why does the narrator balk at graffiti?

8. What reasons does the narrator posit for Bruno keeping his fires small?

9. What does the narrator note is the trick of riding backwards?

10. What is a lavoir?

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