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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. Who does Bridget plan to seduce?
(a) Trim.
(b) Walter.
(c) Tristram.
(d) Toby.

2. What reaction does Susannah have to Bobby's death?
(a) She goes back to sleep.
(b) She runs into the kitchen weeping.
(c) She comments philosophically.
(d) She continues reading her book.

3. Who attempts to tell the story of the King of Bohemia?
(a) Trim.
(b) Toby.
(c) Walter.
(d) Yorick.

4. For what item is Tristram forced to pay in Lyon?
(a) A new shoe.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) Another carriage.
(d) A notebook.

5. Who is present when Tristram is injured in Volume 5?
(a) Yorick.
(b) Susannah.
(c) Toby.
(d) Trim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Widow Wadham kick out of her way in Volume 8?

2. Who is Billy Le Fever?

3. Why does Walter want Tristram to wear breeches?

4. What is the irony evident in Walter Shandy's book?

5. In Volume 5, what does Walter Shandy do while his son's wound is being tended?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tristram injured at the age of five?

2. What dispute arises over Tristram's injury in Volume 6?

3. How does Walter Shandy react to Tristram's injury in Volume 5?

4. Why does Walter Shandy write Toby a letter in Volume 8?

5. What irony exists in Walter Shandy's attempt to write a child-rearing book?

6. How does Toby become Billy Le Fever's guardian?

7. Why does Tristram's mother eavesdrop on Walter and Toby's conversation in Volume 5?

8. What might Tristram mean when he describes romance as, "It is with love as with cuck-oldom"?

9. Describe the farcical nature of the story of the abbess and the novice.

10. How does the Shandy household react to the news of Bobby's death?

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