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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Bobby at the end of Volume 4?
(a) He dies.
(b) He arrives to rescue Tristram.
(c) He embarks on a tour of Europe.
(d) He marries a French woman.

2. What is Mrs. Shandy's maiden name?
(a) Emily Yorick.
(b) Elizabeth Mollineux.
(c) Elsabeth Mollard.
(d) Elizabeth Yorick.

3. What concern does Walter Shandy express about his son's birth in Volume 2?
(a) Mrs. Shandy is too old to deliver a child.
(b) A long delivery could cause a deformity.
(c) Mrs. Shandy's pelvis could crush his head.
(d) A breech birth is indicative of a stubborn child.

4. What phrase is inscribed on Mr. Yorick's gravestone?
(a) He rode well.
(b) He loved the nag.
(c) Alas, poor Yorick.
(d) Resquiet Im Pace.

5. Which famous engineer do Toby and Walter discuss while waiting for Tristram's birth?
(a) Stevinus.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Horace.
(d) Euclid.

6. How many miles away does Dr. Slop live?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twenty.

7. Who dies and leaves Walter a substantial inheritance in Volume 4?
(a) Phutatoruis.
(b) Hammond Shandy.
(c) Aunt Dinah.
(d) Mr. Yorick.

8. What does Trim oil in Volume 3?
(a) Door hinges.
(b) His hair.
(c) The generator.
(d) The floor.

9. Why does Yorick christen Tristram with the wrong name?
(a) Yorick is deaf and cannot hear clearly.
(b) Mrs. Shandy interrupts the christening.
(c) Susannah mispronounces the name.
(d) He doesn't like the name Walter has chosen.

10. When was Tristram conceived?
(a) 1718.
(b) 1689.
(c) 1669.
(d) 1817.

11. Who does Tristram compare to the main character in Don Quixote?
(a) Walter Shandy.
(b) Dr. Slop.
(c) Mr. Yorick.
(d) Toby Shandy.

12. Where does Mrs. Shandy wish to deliver her child?
(a) The Shandy estate.
(b) Dublin.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

13. What book does Walter Shandy hand Dr. Slop after he cuts his thumb?
(a) A book of excommunication.
(b) The Bible.
(c) A collection of poetry by Ovid.
(d) A medical text.

14. Who is sent to fetch Dr. Slop's medicine bag?
(a) Toby.
(b) Trim.
(c) Obadiah.
(d) Susannah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of baby Tristram's body is damaged during delivery?

2. How does Dr. Slop cut his thumb?

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

4. What do Walter and Toby do after Dr. Slop leaves the parlor?

5. Who is sent to fetch the midwife?

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