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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. How many Euros per day does the narrator’s rental car cost?
(a) 120.
(b) 80.
(c) 40.
(d) 8.

2. Where does Debord write against wage work?
(a) Rue de Seine.
(b) Rue Mazarine.
(c) Rue de Nevers.
(d) Rue des Beaux Arts.

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

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

5. What percentage of Neanderthal genes does Bruno posit modern humans carry?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare Lucien?

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

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

5. Which tree does the narrator associate with Priest Valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator justify shoplifting?

2. To what does Bruno ascribe the persistence of wild-man legends?

3. What is eau-de-vie?

4. What is a lavoir?

5. What does Lucien do to pay his bills?

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

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

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

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

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

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