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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bardamu sell his own possessions?
(a) To finance being a doctor
(b) To finance an extensive vacation
(c) To be able to move
(d) To go back to the jungle to begin a gold-collecting operation

2. What do the soldiers have to do every month in order to get supplies?
(a) Fight off the natives
(b) Sail upriver
(c) Rebuild the dock
(d) Bribe their superior officers

3. Who is Madamoiselle Herote?
(a) Bardamu's fiancee
(b) Bardamu's fellow patient
(c) The President of France
(d) Owner of a Parisian lingerie store

4. According to Bardamu, why do the whites work so hard in the colonies?
(a) They are hard-working citizens
(b) Life is so hard
(c) They will be beaten otherwise
(d) They have fantasies about becoming rich

5. Who appears in Bardamu's office with a cough in Section 16?
(a) Alcide
(b) Princhard
(c) Robinson
(d) Henrouille

Short Answer Questions

1. What reasons does the Mayor of Noirceur cite for his treachery?

2. Where will Bardamu not take shelter one day when under attack in Section 6?

3. Why does her family want Grandma Henrouille committed to an asylum?

4. As stated in Section 3, how is Robinson similar to Bardamu?

5. What does Bardamu think the Manhattan Banks are similar to?

(see the answer key)

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