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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lola leave Bardamu?
(a) Because she thinks he is a coward
(b) Because she has found someone else
(c) Because she couldn't bear to see him in the hospital
(d) Because she needs someone with money

2. How are the inmates in Section 5 cured?
(a) Speeches and electroshock therapy
(b) They are threatened with death on a regular basis
(c) Anti-depressant medication
(d) Counseling

3. Who does Bardamu go to see in Section 17?
(a) Alcide
(b) Princhard
(c) Paraprine
(d) Robinson

4. What does Abbot Protiste do for the Henrouille family?
(a) Counsels them to the right course of action
(b) Provides money
(c) Finds a job for Robinson and Henrouille at a small chapel far away
(d) Cooks them a casserole

5. What does Bardamu think he is going to find in America?
(a) Wealth and riches
(b) True love
(c) Inspiration
(d) Power and glory

Short Answer Questions

1. What new skill has Bardamu developed in Section 11, following his illness?

2. When does Bardamu start hallucinating?

3. Who appears in Bardamu's office with a cough in Section 16?

4. Why is Grandma Henrouille at last happy in Section 19?

5. Why are the other passengers on the steamboat suspicious of Bardamu?

(see the answer key)

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