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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator?
(a) Tristram Shandy.
(b) Mr. Yorick.
(c) Walter Shandy.
(d) Toby Shandy.

2. Tristram interrupts his story about Toby with an anecdote about which author?
(a) Horace.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Ovid.
(d) John Locke.

3. What animal does Toby gently catch and release when Tristram is ten?
(a) A gnat.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A flea.
(d) A fly.

4. What does Mrs. Shandy question while she and her husband are conceiving Tristram?
(a) If the clock is wound.
(b) If Walter has been faithful.
(c) If the table is set.
(d) If the alarm is set.

5. According to Uncle Toby, when do Tristram's problems begin?
(a) Nine months before he enters the world.
(b) At the age of five.
(c) Sixty seconds after he is conceived.
(d) At birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Yorick often loan the villagers?

2. Who does Tristram compare to the main character in Don Quixote?

3. Who is Trim?

4. Why does Toby Shandy come to live with Walter and his family?

5. What medical procedure does Walter Shandy suggest for his wife?

(see the answer key)

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