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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. What ruins Bardamu's experience of the movie theater forever?

2. In what way in Section 18 does Bardamu think Robinson is being honest?

3. What field of research does Baryton want Bardemu for?

4. Whom does Bardamu propose to marry in Section 13?

5. Whom does Bardamu meet up with at the carnival in Section 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bardamu disgusted with the midwife?

2. What indiscretion does Bardamu practice in Toulouse?

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

4. Where does Bardamu go to in order to treat the barmaid in Section 19?

5. What criticism does Bardamu offer for the scientific and medical communities?

6. What does Bardamu hate about New York City?

7. What is Robinson's grisly plan?

8. Why does Bardamu go to Detroit?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the Asylum in the novel, both the asylum that Bardamu finds himself incarcerated in and the one that he ends up overseeing.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why does Madelon shoot Robinson, and why does Robinson not try to stop her?

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