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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bardamu decide to travel to in Section 8?

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

3. Who is being celebrated in the public occasion Bardamu sees passing his window?

4. Where does the ship Bardamu wakes up on after his illness dock?

5. Whom do they find at the house when they arrive there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bardamu find so calculating and ruthless about the Director?

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

3. Why is Robinson's appearance in Section 8 significant?

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

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

6. Why does Bardamu set fire to his trading hut in Section 10?

7. Why is Bardamu sent to the town of Noirceur?

8. Why does Bardamu look down on the nurses?

9. In Section 7, where does Bardamu decide to go and why?

10. What is Voireuse's scheme for getting money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationship and the difference between the rich and the poor sectors of society in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

How does the use of the first person affect our reading of the novel? Cite examples to describe this interaction with the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate Bardamu's relationship to women throughout the novel (and particularly his romantic involvements). How does he treat women? Why do his relationships always end disastrously?

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