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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 of the following does the narrator see protested in Nebraska?
(a) Kubota.
(b) Yum! Brands.
(c) John Deere.
(d) Monsanto.

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

3. Where is a British torpedo gunboat struck by a passenger ship?
(a) Hormuz.
(b) Malacca.
(c) Gilbraltar.
(d) Bosporous.

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

5. Where does Bruno go to study earth science?
(a) Toulouse.
(b) Nantes.
(c) Lyon.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make of car does Nadia drive?

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

3. From which of the following does Naida hail?

4. Who is Céline’s wife?

5. In what year did Bruno meet Debord?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator note is the most common utility vehicle in France?

2. How does Pascal’s appearance when the narrator meets him differ from her expectations?

3. What does the novel describe a “screen memory” as being (187)?

4. Why does the narrator doubt Pascal’s violent intentions?

5. Why is the narrator permitted to disagree with the intellectuals among the Moulinards?

6. Why do quinces confuse the narrator?

7. Why does Lucien posit there are stickers posted in the lodgings the narrator occupies?

8. How was Bruno’s older brother identified after World War II?

9. What does the narrator remark agents do after their infiltrative assignments end?

10. Per Pascal, why does Bruno part from his erstwhile Marxist associates?

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