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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. What event is about to happen in world history, across Europe at the beginning of the book?
(a) The Second World War
(b) The First World War
(c) The Black Death
(d) The Korean War

2. What does Bardamu think the Manhattan Banks are similar to?
(a) The jungles
(b) Cathedrals
(c) Military hospitals
(d) Prisons

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 4, where does Bardamu begin the narrative?

2. Where does Bardamu decide to go?

3. Who benefits from the war in Bardamu's estimation?

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

5. Why is Bardamu's and Musyne's relationship complicated and difficult?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what way does Bardamu realize he has been swindled in Section 11?

6. What does Bardamu realize about his new life in Africa, this new continent and the people he associates with?

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

8. What does Bardamu think is the interesting quality of the Manhattan Banks?

9. Who is the man at the last trading hut before the jungle?

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

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