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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. What beach does the narrator visit while Lucien films?
(a) Plage de la Lave.
(b) Plage do Prado.
(c) Plage des Catalans.
(d) Plage do Prophète.

2. To where does the narrator accompany Lucien for his filming?
(a) Nice.
(b) Marseille.
(c) Perpignan.
(d) Montpellier.

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

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

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare Debord?
(a) Dogfish.
(b) Silverfish.
(c) Goldfish.
(d) Catfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator compare Pascal before meeting him?

2. What is the name of Platon’s chauffeur?

3. Where does Bruno note a skull containing features from two different human types was found?

4. What filmmaker’s work does Lucien associate with Priest Valley?

5. How many attempts to guess Bruno’s email password does the narrator require to succeed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator justify shoplifting?

2. What does the narrator say about beauty?

3. How had a megabasin in Limousin been sabotaged?

4. Why does the narrator claim the occupation she does when she moves in with Lucien?

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

6. How does the narrator regard having a good accent?

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

8. What effects does the narrator note ape hangers have on riders who use them?

9. How does the narrator determine Platon has a temper?

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

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