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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Desplein's student surprised by Desplein's actions toward the water carrier?
(a) Desplein overcharges the man for treatment.
(b) Desplein takes the man's daughter as payment.
(c) Desplein does not treat the man's true ailment.
(d) Desplein does not charge him for treatment.

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

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

4. In what year was "Minuet" first published?
(a) 1687.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1942.

5. What does Julian find great amusement in killing as a child?
(a) Babies.
(b) Wealthy people.
(c) Animals.
(d) Poor people.

6. In "The Rope," what did the boy's mother want to see at the storyteller's home?
(a) The painting.
(b) The closet.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The balcony.

7. To what does the narrator compare Desplein?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A horse.
(c) A clown.
(d) An actor.

8. What does Desplein's student do when he follows Desplein into church?
(a) Goes into confession.
(b) Tells the priest that Desplein does not belong in the church.
(c) Hides in the back of the church.
(d) Kneels by him.

9. How is Jean Bridelle looked upon by others?
(a) As a murderer.
(b) As a philosopher.
(c) As a skeptic.
(d) As a heretic.

10. What did the narrator intend to do at the old clown's booth?
(a) Make fun of him.
(b) Leave money.
(c) Offer him a job.
(d) Throw him out of the market.

11. How old is Jean Bridelle?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 55.

12. How tall is Micromegas?
(a) 12 feet tall.
(b) 120,000 feet tall.
(c) 120 feet tall.
(d) 1,200 feet tall.

13. Who does Jean Bridelle meet in the garden?
(a) A madame from Nice.
(b) A Russian dancer.
(c) A former dancing master from the Opera.
(d) An Irish dancer.

14. What is the profession of the person described in "The Rope"?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A musician.
(c) A writer.
(d) A painter.

15. Who pays for the masses that Desplein attends?
(a) Desplein.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) The church's priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet is Micromegas from?

2. While Julian is out hunting one day, what animal gains the power to speak to him?

3. What happened to the garden in "Minuet"?

4. When did Baudelaire die?

5. What is wrong with the "gift" that Micromegas gives to the humans?

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