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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

3. How does Bardamu escape his problems in Section 10?
(a) He works hard at their solutions
(b) He pretends he is ill
(c) He flees into the jungle
(d) He becomes one of Alcide's people

4. Who is the main character?
(a) Lola
(b) Doctor Paraprine
(c) Ferdinand Bardamu
(d) Leon Robinson

5. Why does Bardamu feel disgusted about the culture of Paris?
(a) Because of its war-rhetoric
(b) Because of its food
(c) Because of its fashion-sense
(d) Because of its politics

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bardamu seek to treat typhoid in Section 17?

2. How does Molly try to help Bardamu?

3. What event is about to happen in world history, across Europe at the beginning of the book?

4. What is the name of the teacher that Bardamu meets while incarcerated in Section 5?

5. What is sad about the young girl in Section 16?

(see the answer key)

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