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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the town that Bardamu is sent to investigate so suspicious?
(a) Because it flies a German flag
(b) Because it is so wealthy
(c) Because it is so heavily armored
(d) Because it is so peaceful and unharmed

2. What makes the Putas sad about the war?
(a) That they are fighting the Germans
(b) The idea of parents' children drying
(c) That everything is rationed
(d) The loss of money to their business

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new skill has Bardamu developed in Section 11, following his illness?

2. What is the only thing that Bardamu wishes for in Section 9?

3. How does Bardamu think Americans solve their boredom?

4. In what year does the book start?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Major Pincon's map?

2. Whom does Bardamu meet outside Noirceur who becomes an enduring character in his own life?

3. What does Bardamu decide is strange - yet respectful - about Sergeant Alcide?

4. In Bardamu's view, why do all the Americans go to the movies?

5. What is the best description of the main character's personality?

6. What hallucination does Bardamu start to have at the end of Section 4 and why?

7. Why does Bardamu join the army in Section 1?

8. In Section 5 and 6, where is Bardamu staying, and why?

9. What does Bardamu discover about Noirceur from its mayor?

10. What does Bardamu think about the Germans during the First World War?

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