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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joncour enjoy in life?
(a) His possessions.
(b) His villa.
(c) His garden.
(d) His paintings.

2. What does the couple agree should be the name of their child, if they have a boy?
(a) Jean.
(b) Gerard.
(c) Joncour.
(d) Phillippe.

3. What happens to Joncour's neighbor in the end?
(a) His daughters take care of him until he dies.
(b) He moves in with Helene and Joncour.
(c) His wife puts him away in a hospital for the insane.
(d) His wife and daughters leave him and he dies.

4. When Baldabiou returned to the mayor with the money made from the factories, what did he call the mayor?
(a) A genius.
(b) An idiot.
(c) A fool.
(d) A blockhead.

5. When Hara Kei was a child, his father told him to shoot an arrow into the air. What was Hara Hei supposed to do after that?
(a) Shoot another arrow in the opposite direction.
(b) Get the dead bird.
(c) Follow the flight of the arrow to find his fortune.
(d) Watch it disappear from view.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joncour tries to communicate with the mistress in front of Hara Kei, what does he say to Joncour?

2. Who bands together to pay for Joncour's expedition to Japan?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Baldabiou drink with Joncour?

4. Where does Madame Blanche live?

5. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?

(see the answer key)

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