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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following best describes Bardamu's personality?
(a) Generous
(b) Optimistic
(c) Happy
(d) Cynical

4. Who does Bardamu meet at his trading outpost in Section 10?
(a) Lola
(b) Robinson
(c) Madelon
(d) Princhard

5. What is Bardamu surprised at while shopping in Africa?
(a) How everyone is trying to cheat anyone else
(b) How honesty everyone is
(c) How cheap everything he finds is
(d) How brave everyone is

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

7. What does the Mayor tell Robinson and Bardamu is the reason Noirceur is so peaceful?
(a) He has made a deal with the Germans
(b) Because it is overlooked by the armies
(c) Because no one likes the town
(d) God favors them

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

9. Where is Bardamu incarcerated?
(a) In a prisoner of war camp
(b) In a military prison
(c) In a civilian prison
(d) A military hospital

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

11. Why does Bardamu feel disgusted about the culture of Paris?
(a) Because of its politics
(b) Because of its food
(c) Because of its war-rhetoric
(d) Because of its fashion-sense

12. How does Bardamu almost become a celebrity in Section 6?
(a) His striking good looks
(b) His exploits are in the news
(c) He dates a famous actress
(d) His fake war stories are used in a play

13. What happens to the supplies Bardamu is entrusted with in Section 10?
(a) He eats it
(b) It is stolen by natives
(c) It is blown away by the winds
(d) It is set fire to by Robinson

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bardamu escape his problems in Section 10?

2. Where does Lola come from?

3. What does the bearded man in Section 10 do to Bardamu?

4. What happens when Bardamu tries to resign his post?

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

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