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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Grand-Lebrun", when does a child's heart become used to looking for God?
(a) When it is warmed.
(b) When it is light.
(c) When it is soft.
(d) When it is frozen.

2. In what year did Francois Mauriac win the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1990.

3. In what year did Camus receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1965.

4. What have American reviewers of translations called Ayme?
(a) The most outspoken writer of Catholic novellas.
(b) The most uneducated writer of today.
(c) The best of the French writers today.
(d) The worst of the French writers today.

5. According to the editor's biography of Mauriac, what does Mauriac consider himself the last of?
(a) Atheist writers in France.
(b) Methodist writers in Prague.
(c) Catholic writers in France.
(d) Baptist writers in Prague.

6. According to the editor, what did Claudel never make to his public?
(a) Apologies.
(b) Concessions.
(c) Denials.
(d) Inferences.

7. Who tells Judas "it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people"?
(a) Gideon.
(b) Caiaphas.
(c) Lucius of Cyrene.
(d) Philip the Evangelist.

8. What is drawn on the classroom's blackboard in "The Guest"?
(a) The mountain ranges in France.
(b) The vineyards of France.
(c) The four rivers in France.
(d) The plain regions of France.

9. What was the specialty of the Apostles in "The Death of Judas"?
(a) To perform miracles.
(b) To limit self-sacrifice.
(c) To make Jesus known everywhere.
(d) To keep Jesus from harm.

10. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", how long does the main character meditate before bed every night?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) One hour.
(d) 45 minutes.

11. How many times did the main character put his head through the wall to frighten his boss on the first day?
(a) 23.
(b) 10.
(c) 45.
(d) 15.

12. What does the doctor find is the cause of the main character's special power in "The Passer-Through-Walls"?
(a) Chairi Malformation.
(b) Hyperthymesic Syndrome.
(c) Aquagenic Urticaria.
(d) Hardening of the strangulatory wall of the thyroid vesicle.

13. What is Judas' position within the disciples?
(a) Jesus' advisor.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Storyteller.

14. What is the name of the man who was able to pass through walls?
(a) Drisdel.
(b) Louis.
(c) Dutilleul.
(d) Armond.

15. Who spoke at the graduation in "Grand-Lebrun"?
(a) Sartre.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Jean Giraudoux.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the Arab been arrested in "The Guest"?

2. What publication did Camus come to be editor of?

3. What does the prodigal son's father tell the servants to get for the prodigal son?

4. How long did Gide spend writing "The Return of the Prodigal Son"?

5. What is happening to Judas during "Mort de Judas"?

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