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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Princhard steal?
(a) Because he was hungry
(b) Because he was greedy
(c) Because customarily thieves are not allowed to serve in the army
(d) Because he is a kleptomaniac

2. How much money do the Putas give Voireuse and Bardamu?
(a) Five francs
(b) Five thousand francs
(c) Five hundred francs
(d) Fifty francs

3. What profession do the Putas belong to?
(a) Money-lenders
(b) Doctors
(c) Acting
(d) Jewellers

4. What does Princhard believe will happen to himself?
(a) That he will be sent to his family
(b) That he will be sent back to the front
(c) That he will be pardoned
(d) That he will be shot for treason

5. What happens if the inmates in Section 5 are not cured?
(a) They are sent back to war
(b) They are sent abroad
(c) They are released
(d) They are shot or sent to an insane asylum

6. What new skill has Bardamu developed in Section 11, following his illness?
(a) Reading the stars
(b) Rowing boats
(c) Being able to sleep anywhere
(d) Counting different sorts of fleas

7. What happens when Bardamu tries to resign his post?
(a) He is allowed to resign
(b) He is attacked for cowardice
(c) He sees his captain killed
(d) He is shot for treason

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

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

10. What illness does Bardamu suffer from in Section 11?
(a) Typhoid
(b) Denge fever
(c) Malarial fever
(d) Polio

11. How does Bardamu think Americans solve their boredom?
(a) By negotiation
(b) By going to the movies
(c) By going to work
(d) By fighting it out

12. Why is Bardamu's and Musyne's relationship complicated and difficult?
(a) Because Musyne was really a German spy
(b) Because Musyne never had any money
(c) Because of Musyne's infidelities with the military officers
(d) Because Robinson often got in the way

13. What is the name of the teacher that Bardamu meets while incarcerated in Section 5?
(a) Baryton
(b) Paraprine
(c) Robinson
(d) Princhard

14. What occupation does Bardamu take up in Africa?
(a) Jewel smith
(b) Soldier
(c) Pilot
(d) Managing a trading outpost

15. How does Bardamu's superior in Section 9, the Director, make his money?
(a) Slaves and gold
(b) Platinum and silver
(c) Rubber and peanuts
(d) Gold and silver

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bardamu decide to go?

2. What happens to the supplies Bardamu is entrusted with in Section 10?

3. Whom does Bardamu meet outside while investigating a town in Section 3?

4. How did Bardamu receive his war medal?

5. What scam does Voireuse have, which he allows Bardamu to join him on?

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