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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. In Volume 5, what does Walter Shandy do while his son's wound is being tended?
(a) Rants and raves.
(b) Falls asleep.
(c) Paces the floor.
(d) Reads from his book.

2. How does Tristram travel to Paris?
(a) By boat.
(b) By mule.
(c) By train.
(d) By stagecoach.

3. Who feels guilty about removing the lead from the window?
(a) Yorick.
(b) Toby.
(c) Susannah.
(d) Trim.

4. Who is buried in the tomb of the two lovers?
(a) Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson.
(b) Amandus and Amanda.
(c) Cleopatra and Mark Antony.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

5. Who is Lieutenant Le Fever?
(a) Toby's cousin.
(b) A soldier Toby tries to help.
(c) Trim's cousin.
(d) Toby's commanding officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the commissary accidentally damage in Volume 7?

2. Who keeps interrupting the story of the King of Bohemia?

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

4. Who falls in love with Toby Shandy in Volume 8?

5. Why does Toby Shandy stop setting up battle scenes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Lieutenant Le Fever?

3. What unusual friend does Tristram make in Lyon?

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

5. How does Toby react to the end of the war?

6. What inconsistencies exist in Tristram's friendship with Eugenuis?

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

8. How does communication among the characters disintegrate in Volume 8?

9. What position does Toby recommend Billy Le Fever assume in the Shandy household?

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

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