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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. How does Bardamu think Americans solve their boredom?

3. Which of the following best describes Bardamu's personality?

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

5. Whom does Bardamu meet outside while investigating a town in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What skills does Bardamu learn in Section 11 that proves useful to him?

4. What is the traditional cure for cowardice used in the military hospitals?

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

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

7. What do the hospital patients attempt to do to amuse themselves?

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

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

10. What is strange about the military outpost under Lt. Grappa's command?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of money and profit played off against the notion of adventure and a life well lived 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

The Journey To The End Of Night is set during and after the First World War, a world radically different than our own. Does the novel bear any relevance to our own times, our own society? Discuss.

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