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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. With which of the following does VI. Get Lucky begin?
(a) “Neanderthals were prone to depression.”
(b) “They paid me the exorbitant price I’d named.”
(c) “In 1939, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writher, physician, war hero, invalid, anti-Semite, and author of novels full of grammatical ellipses…”
(d) “My initial contact with Lucien Dubois had been a cold bump.”

2. How does the novel gloss the term “kireru”?
(a) Children snapping.
(b) Adults snapping.
(c) Children playing.
(d) Adults playing.

3. How many years older than him was Bruno’s older brother?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

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

5. Which French cheese does the narrator commend?
(a) Roquefort.
(b) Brie.
(c) Camembert.
(d) Reblochon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator see protested in Switzerland?

2. What weapon does the narrator have for others’ use?

3. What translation does the novel propose for “puissance”?

4. In what year had Pascal been in New York City?

5. What profession had Pascal’s father pursued?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the old anglers in Guyenne want to go to Oklahoma to fish?

2. What does René report radicalized him?

3. What critique do Denis and Françoise have of the Moulinards?

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

5. Why does the narrator rule out Florence as a potential anti-Pascal actor?

6. What is the subversive action the Moulinards plan at the agricultural festival?

7. Why does the narrator voice skepticism of the commune to Pascal?

8. Why does Bruno’s daughter run the café in Vantôme?

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

10. In the novel, what is an épicerie?

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