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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. According to the narrator in "The Poor Boy's Toy", what have children learned to do?
(a) Love unintentionally.
(b) Distrust man.
(c) Boast.
(d) Trust everyone.

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

3. Why are people sprawled everywhere in "The Old Clown"?
(a) It is a public beach.
(b) It is a feast day.
(c) It is the celebration of "El Día de los Muertos".
(d) It is "The Day of St. Thorlakur".

4. What happened to the garden in "Minuet"?
(a) It has been demolished.
(b) It has been turned into a church.
(c) It is still the same as it was two years before.
(d) It has been turned into a dance studio.

5. According to "Minuet", what is the most violent loss a man can feel?
(a) The loss of a father.
(b) The loss of a child.
(c) The loss of his wife.
(d) The loss of a mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the person described in "The Rope"?

2. What must Micromegas use to see life on Earth?

3. What does Micromegas have to speak through to avoid hurting the humans' ears?

4. What is Thomas Aquinas known for writing in "Micromegas"?

5. What is laying on the grass next to the boy behind the iron gate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the type of friend that Horace Bianchon was.

2. Describe how Desplein saw the earth.

3. According to the old couple, what is the minuet?

4. Why is Micromegas' name appropriate?

5. Who cursed Julian? Why?

6. How does Jean Bridelle describe the nursery?

7. What does the garden mean for the old couple in "Minuet?"

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

9. Why did the narrator shun the boy in "The Rope?"

10. Describe the old clown.

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