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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Toby buy to help plan out his old battles?
(a) A map.
(b) A scope.
(c) A compass.
(d) A riding crop.

3. How long does Toby take to recover from his injury?
(a) Six months.
(b) Six days.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Six years.

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

5. How many children does Obidiah have?
(a) None.
(b) Six.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Three.

6. What does Walter Shandy want to name his newborn son?
(a) Phutatoruis.
(b) Judas.
(c) Tristram.
(d) Trismegistus.

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

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

9. What is Diduis' profession?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) The bishop.
(c) A writer.
(d) Yorick.

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

11. Where is Mrs. Shandy forced to deliver her child?
(a) Along the roadside.
(b) The village inn.
(c) London.
(d) The Shandy estate.

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

13. What medical procedure does Walter Shandy suggest for his wife?
(a) A lobotomy.
(b) A hysterectomy.
(c) A cesarean section.
(d) An episiotomy.

14. Why is Dr. Slop offended by the request to come to the birthing room?
(a) He expects to be paid in advance.
(b) He is not finished telling his story to Toby.
(c) He feels the midwife should personally ask for his help.
(d) He has not finished his tea.

15. Who asks Dr. Slop to come to the birthing room?
(a) Susannah.
(b) The midwife.
(c) Obidiah.
(d) Walter Shandy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Shandy wish to deliver her child?

2. When was Tristram conceived?

3. What phrase is inscribed on Mr. Yorick's gravestone?

4. What happens to Bobby at the end of Volume 4?

5. Where on his body is Toby Shandy wounded?

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