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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. At the end of Section 24, where does Baryton decide to travel to?

2. What earns Bardamu a bad reputation in Section 16?

3. In Section 14, who does Bardamu start seeing romantically?

4. In Section 13, what does Bardamu remind Lola of?

5. What is wrong with Grandma Henrouille?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bardamu go to Detroit?

2. What is curious about the Grandma Henrouille case?

3. What profession does Bardamu enter into when he returns to Paris?

4. What job does Bardamu then later take on in Section 19, in addition to being a doctor?

5. What does Bebert fall ill from?

6. What does Bardamu hate about New York City?

7. How does Robinson's plan backfire in Section 19?

8. What is Robinson's grisly plan?

9. What profession does Bardamu take on in Section 15?

10. Why is Bardamu happy for the first time for a long time at the beginning of Section 21?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does this novel challenge our conventional ideas of the 'good' characters and the 'bad' ones, with respect to Robinson and Bardamu?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

When does Robinson usually appear in the novel? What effect does he often have on Bardamu?

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