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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character believes that each joy and sorrow must be abandoned immediately to make room for the next new thing?
(a) Bocage.
(b) Menalque.
(c) Charles.
(d) Michel.

2. Why do the young boys Michel once knew and liked repulse him now?
(a) They are thieves.
(b) They want money instead of candy now.
(c) They are men with families or criminal records
(d) They told Michel's friend about his first visit.

3. Whose homosexual tendencies are surfacing stronger in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Charles'.
(b) Michel's.
(c) Marceline's.
(d) Bocage's.

4. How much money does Michel spend on furnishing his new dwelling?
(a) Not as much as his wife would like.
(b) Not much at all.
(c) A reasonable amount.
(d) An exorbitant amount.

5. Who coughs up blood in Part 3?
(a) Marceline.
(b) Motkir.
(c) Michel.
(d) Ali.

6. What is the time span between the death in Part 3 and the meeting of Michel with his friends?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three months.

7. Does Michel love his wife?
(a) Yes, with all his heart.
(b) No, he thinks she is weak.
(c) He tries to.
(d) No, she has angered him for the last time.

8. How does Michel resolve the jealousy?
(a) He tells the jealous person that he'll do what he wants to do.
(b) He promises not to see the prostitute anymore and invites the jealous person to his bed.
(c) He gives the jealous person money to "forget" about it.
(d) He starts seeing the prostitute in a different location.

9. Who runs errands for Michel every day?
(a) Menalque.
(b) Roger.
(c) Ali.
(d) Motkir.

10. Who pleads for the person to stay instead of leaving the family estate in the autumn?
(a) Menalgue
(b) Bocage.
(c) Marceline.
(d) Michel.

11. When does Michel walk away from Marceline?
(a) When she yells at him.
(b) When she tells him she doesn't love him.
(c) When she asks him to pray for her.
(d) When she tells him she knows his secret.

12. When nursing Marceline back to health, when does Michel leave her side?
(a) Only when he must lecture at the college.
(b) Every chance he gets.
(c) Whenever he wants to see his friend.
(d) To go for walks in the nearby shady grove.

13. Where does Michel want to go when leaving the family estate?
(a) Italy.
(b) London.
(c) South America.
(d) Spain.

14. How many men are sent to clear out some of the trees on the family estate?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

15. Why does Marceline immediately dislike Michel's new friend in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) He is not in their same social class.
(b) He is a drunkard and made a fool of himself at their party.
(c) She believes he is a bad influence on her husband.
(d) He made a pass at her when Michel wasn't in the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interest does Michel have in Charles in Part 2, Chapter 1?

2. Which is an example of simile?

3. What does the caretaker try to explain to Michel?

4. What news does Marceline share after arriving at the family estate?

5. Who has been assigned a diplomatic duty in another country?

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