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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What branch of military service did the consul once serve in?
(a) The British navy.
(b) The German army.
(c) The German navy.
(d) The British army.

2. What is the subject of the book that the bartender returns to Laruelle in Chapter 1?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Romantic poetry.
(c) Modern art.
(d) Elizabethan plays.

3. How does Yvonne feel when she returns to her home?
(a) Sad about her dead baby.
(b) Furious at her terrible new boss.
(c) Confused about her new job.
(d) Peaceful.

4. What do Monsieur Laruelle and the doctor discuss about Geoffrey in Chapter 1?
(a) That he is a very wealthy man.
(b) That he is the wisest man in town.
(c) That he should get married soon.
(d) That he is a raging alcoholic.

5. Where does the reader learn, in Chapter 1, that Laruelle is planning to go on a journey?
(a) Canada.
(b) England.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the consul continue to point out to Yvonne during their walk home the day she returns?

2. Who is Yvonne?

3. What does Laruelle find in the book the bartender returns to him?

4. When was "Under the Volcano" written?

5. Where are Monsieur Laruelle and the local doctor talking when the novel beings?

(see the answer key)

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