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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Maupassant from?
(a) Netherlands.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Norway.
(d) Normandy.

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

4. How long has the Saturnian, who accompanies Micromegas on his journey, been married?
(a) 1,000 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 10,000 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pays for the masses that Desplein attends?

2. What is the prophecy that Julian's father hears about his son's future?

3. Who does Jean Bridelle meet in the garden?

4. What job does Julian take after leaving his wife?

5. What happens to Julian's parents while they are sleeping in his wife's bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the prophecy and circumstances that Julian's mother heard of his future in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler."

2. According to "The Poor Boy's Toy," how do rich children differ from poor ones?

3. In "The Mass of the Atheist," why was the famous French surgeon Desplein's death upsetting, even for his enemies?

4. Why was Micromegas impressed by the secretary of the Academy of Saturn?

5. What is the rich boy looking at in "The Poor Boy's Toy?"

6. Why is Micromegas and the Saturnian surprised by the men on the ship?

7. What would Jean Bridelle do in the garden almost every morning?

8. Why was Micromegas condemned?

9. In "The Rope," why did the mother of the boy who committed suicide come to the narrator's home?

10. Why did people dislike Desplein?

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