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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the book start?
(a) 1940
(b) 1914
(c) 1913
(d) 1944

2. What event is about to happen in world history, across Europe at the beginning of the book?
(a) The Black Death
(b) The Korean War
(c) The First World War
(d) The Second World War

3. Who is Bardamu's superior officer?
(a) Lieutenant Grapper
(b) General des Entrayes
(c) Leon Robinson
(d) Sergeant Alcide

4. What important 'kit' does Major Pincon own?
(a) The guns
(b) The armor
(c) The map
(d) The foodstores

5. Where does Lola and Bardamu go that sparks Bardamu's nervous breakdown?
(a) The cafe
(b) The town hall
(c) The hospital
(d) The carnival

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Bardamu receive his war medal?

3. What role does Bardamu perform in the army?

4. Whose house do Robinson and Bardamu visit in the village of Noirceur?

5. Whom does Bardamu meet in Paris that he falls in lust for?

(see the answer key)

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