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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 does Dr. Paraprine say he has been doing for years?
(a) Breaking the frontiers of knowledge
(b) Inventing cures
(c) Making money
(d) Publishing the same article

2. What does Bardamu think about doing to solve his disastrous business?
(a) Make up the books
(b) Leave town
(c) Fake his death
(d) Burn his clinic

3. When does Bardamu start hallucinating?
(a) When he drinks with the Polish girl
(b) When he dances with the Polish girl
(c) When he goes to the carnival
(d) When he goes to the crypt

4. What does Dr. Paraprine advise Bardamu in Section 17?
(a) Give up
(b) To change professions
(c) Make some money
(d) Just do his best

5. What favor does Robinson ask for?
(a) A hospital job
(b) A medicine
(c) A reference
(d) A report on conditions at the hospital

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears in Bardamu's office with a cough in Section 16?

2. How will Robinson make his money?

3. What is the name of the concierge's nephew?

4. Why is Grandma Henrouille at last happy in Section 19?

5. What happens after Bardamu proposes marriage in someone in Section 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Robinson's grisly plan?

2. What job does Abbot Protiste suggest for Robinson and Grandma Henrouille?

3. What happens with Doctor Baryton?

4. Who does Bardamu go to for money in Section 13?

5. What does Grandma Henrouille now do for a living in Section 22?

6. What becomes obvious to Bardamu while attending the party on the houseboat?

7. Why does Bardamu look down upon the students that he hangs out with in Section 22?

8. Why is Bardamu despairing of Robinson and Madelon's lifestyle?

9. What is Dr. Paraprine taken to doing in Section 20?

10. Why does Bardamu gain a bad reputation as a doctor?

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