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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What opinion does Tristram have about time?
(a) It moves too quickly.
(b) It moves too slowly.
(c) It is meaningless.
(d) Everyone's concept of time is different.

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

3. Who is Hammond Shandy?
(a) Tristram's grandfather.
(b) Tristram's great-grandfather.
(c) Toby's father.
(d) Tristram's great-uncle.

4. What tune does Toby whistle in Volume 3?
(a) Ally Croaker.
(b) Eileen Oge.
(c) The Keys of Canterbury.
(d) Lillabullero.

5. Who orders hot chestnuts from the kitchen in Volume 4?
(a) Kysarcius.
(b) Phutatorius.
(c) Gastripheres.
(d) Triptolemus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Tristram conceived?

2. Why is Tristram's christening rushed?

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

4. How does Dr. Slop cut his thumb?

5. Who has the power to change Tristram's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Dr. Slop blame for his injury?

2. How is Tristram's face deformed?

3. How is Phutatoruis injured in Volume 4?

4. What declaration does Tristram make about his narration in Volume 1?

5. Describe Tristram Shandy.

6. Why is Dr. Slop angry with Obidiah in Volume 3?

7. Why is Dr. Slop offended by the midwife's request to attend the birthing?

8. Why does Tristram's mother give birth in the country?

9. To what does Uncle Toby attribute to Tristram's problems before entering the world?

10. What differing opinions do Walter Shandy and his wife have about childbirth?

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