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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 13, what does Bardamu remind Lola of?
(a) Her age
(b) Her innocence
(c) France
(d) Her youth

2. What do Bardamu and his colleagues do for 'fun' during the war?
(a) Go to the theatre
(b) Watch whole villages burn
(c) Play football
(d) Go to the pub and find prostitutes

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

4. What has the father in Section 7 already done?
(a) Given his money to Robinson
(b) Welcomed home his son
(c) Gone out
(d) Hung himself

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the patients amuse themselves at the hospital?

2. What job does Bardamu get for himself in America in Section 11?

3. What earns Bardamu a bad reputation in Section 16?

4. How did Bardamu receive his war medal?

5. Who is Madamoiselle Herote?

(see the answer key)

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