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

2. What public occasion does Bardamu see passing his window?

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

4. What occupation does Bardamu take up in Africa?

5. Why are the other passengers on the steamboat suspicious of Bardamu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bardamu think of the marching parade?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Bardamu feel about Lola and the people of Paris?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Bardamu's low evaluation of human nature justified? Do people behave differently under some conditions than others?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author’s critique of science, as posed through the character of Dr. Paraprine. Do you think that the author justified in his remarks?

Essay Topic 3

Keeping Princhard's speech in mind, is unlimited patriotism always a good thing?

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