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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 keeps interrupting the story of the King of Bohemia?
(a) Toby.
(b) Yorick.
(c) Trim.
(d) Walter.

2. Which animal does Tristram describe in Chapter 1 of Volume 6?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Dog.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Sheep.

3. What reaction does Trim have to Bobby's death?
(a) He delivers a poetical speech.
(b) He goes back to sleep.
(c) He continues reading his book.
(d) He weeps uncontrollably.

4. Why does Toby become Billy Le Fever's guardian?
(a) Lieutenant Le Fever goes to war.
(b) Billy's mother and father leave him on the doorstep.
(c) Billy's mother dies.
(d) Lieutenant Le Fever dies.

5. What unusual friend does Tristram make in Lyon?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A pigeon.
(d) A dove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susannah hope to inherit in Volume 5?

2. Which city does Tristram describe as nasty and foul-smelling?

3. What does Tristram write about Calais?

4. Who is buried in the tomb of the two lovers?

5. Why does Tristram relieve himself out the window in Volume 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unusual friend does Tristram make in Lyon?

2. How does Toby discover his love for Widow Wadham?

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

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

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

6. Why does Trim take responsibility for Tristram's injury in Volume 5?

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

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

9. Why does Tristram decide to travel abroad in Volume 7?

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

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