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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who benefits from the war in Bardamu's estimation?
(a) The British Isles
(b) The military
(c) The poor and the needy
(d) The rich and powerful

3. What scam does Voireuse have, which he allows Bardamu to join him on?
(a) He plans to beg on the streets
(b) He plans to breed pigs
(c) He plans to breed rabbits
(d) He tells war stories to parents of soldiers for money

4. In Section 4, where does Bardamu begin the narrative?
(a) In a hospital
(b) The front line
(c) In Britain
(d) At a carnival

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

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

7. In Section 11, how does Bardamu survive the jungle?
(a) He is carried out by natives
(b) He finds Alcide
(c) He meets Robinson
(d) He treks out on his own

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

9. What does the bearded man in Section 10 do to Bardamu?
(a) Steals the cash box
(b) Ties him up
(c) Attacks him and beats him up
(d) Sells him to the natives

10. What does Bardamu feel about the German people?
(a) He likes them
(b) He is jealous of them
(c) He hates them
(d) He has never had a quarrel with them

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

12. What instrument does Musyne play?
(a) The guitar
(b) The whistle
(c) The violin
(d) The harp

13. What does Bardamu decide to do to the hut in Section 10?
(a) Set fire to it
(b) Live in it
(c) Paint it
(d) Build an extension

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bardamu meet at his trading outpost in Section 10?

2. Why is the town that Bardamu is sent to investigate so suspicious?

3. In Section 12, where is Bardamu asked to go to?

4. What dangerous creatures does Bardamu attempt to fend off in Section 8?

5. Where does Lola and Bardamu go that sparks Bardamu's nervous breakdown?

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