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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comfort does Dr. Slop offer Walter Shandy in Volume 2?
(a) Medicine has made great advances.
(b) Children do grow up and move away.
(c) He is young enough to find another wife.
(d) All births are difficult.

2. Who is Mr. Yorick?
(a) Walter's servant.
(b) The village doctor.
(c) The village parson.
(d) The midwife's husband.

3. Who is the Homunculus?
(a) Mr. Yorick.
(b) Tristram Shandy.
(c) Mrs. Shandy.
(d) Walter Shandy.

4. Where on his body is Toby Shandy wounded?
(a) His head.
(b) His knee.
(c) His back.
(d) His groin.

5. Who delivers a fine sermon while the other characters wait for Tristram's birth?
(a) Obadiah.
(b) Mr. Yorick.
(c) Trim.
(d) Toby.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles away does Dr. Slop live?

2. What is Mrs. Shandy's maiden name?

3. What explanation does Toby give for Mrs. Shandy's reluctance to employ Dr. Slop?

4. Where is Mrs. Shandy forced to deliver her child?

5. When considering names for his newborn son, which name does Walter like the least?

(see the answer key)

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