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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, where were Baudelaire's most remarkable poems published?
(a) "La Revue des Deux Mondes".
(b) "Les Fluers du Mal".
(c) "Blanche Carte".
(d) "De Noire Pomme de Terre".

2. How tall are the Saturnians in "Micromegas"?
(a) 600 feet tall.
(b) 60 feet tall.
(c) 6,000 feet tall.
(d) 60,000 feet tall.

3. What is the little boy who is laying in the grass looking at?
(a) A beggar pulling a cart.
(b) A bird flying in the sky.
(c) A slave working in the garden.
(d) A poor boy on the other side of the gate.

4. What does "une maniere de sentir" mean?
(a) A moment of setiment.
(b) A way of feeling.
(c) A manner of sadness.
(d) A century of madness.

5. Who are Julian's parents in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler"?
(a) A peasant couple.
(b) A King and Queen.
(c) A Lord and Lady of a castle.
(d) A Baron and Barroness.

6. What does Julian do for the leper that he comes across at his job?
(a) Gives him everything that he has.
(b) Drowns him.
(c) Shuns him.
(d) Hangs him by a fishing net.

7. What religion does Desplein practice?
(a) Judaism.
(b) None; he is an atheist.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

8. According to the editor, what role does Maupassant play as a writer?
(a) Conteur-observer and storyteller.
(b) Fabricator.
(c) Guichets mythe or myth teller.
(d) Moralist.

9. In "The Rope," what did the storyteller ask of the parents of the boy?
(a) To let him have their son.
(b) To let the boy live with him and go to school.
(c) To let the boy marry his daughter and live with him.
(d) To have them murder their son.

10. What is laying on the grass next to the boy behind the iron gate?
(a) A dead bird.
(b) A magnificent toy.
(c) A beautiful dog.
(d) His nanny.

11. What has happened to Julian's parents since he left them and married?
(a) They have had another son to carry on their name.
(b) They have become very poor.
(c) They have arranged a marriage for him.
(d) They have become richer.

12. What does Julian's wife convince him to do?
(a) Have a son.
(b) Kill her father, the Emperor.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Find his parents.

13. According to Jean Bridelle in "Minuet", what is responsible for his emotion?
(a) The loss of his son.
(b) Happiness.
(c) His imagination.
(d) The loss of his father.

14. What happened to the boy while the storyteller from "The Rope" was away on business?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He stabbed his parents.
(c) He hung himself.
(d) He cleaned the entire house.

15. To whom does the narrator in "The Old Clown" compare those yelling out "witticisms and jokes of a solid heavy humor"?
(a) Jean Chapelain.
(b) Tasso.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Moliere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Desplein's brightest student?

2. How long is Micromegas' term of exile?

3. How long has the Saturnian, who accompanies Micromegas on his journey, been married?

4. Who does Jean Bridelle meet in the garden?

5. According to "Minuet", what is the most violent loss a man can feel?

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