French Stories Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

French Stories Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prodigal son say he can still taste, even after partaking of the calf at the feast?

2. At what time did the students receive snacks at Grand-Lebrun?

3. What is the name of the horseman that Daru recognizes approaching the schoolhouse?

4. According to the editor, Ayme is the most inventive in what type of French writing?

5. How did Mauriac live as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the prodigal son's father do when the prodigal son returns home?

2. Why was a fire only kept in the dining room and in the room of the narrator's mother in "Grand-Lebrun?"

3. What is the prodigal son planning on saying to his father to get his father to accept him back?

4. In "Grand-Lebrun," describe the "little old women" in the narrator's story.

5. Why does the prodigal son's older brother claim to be different from the prodigal son?

6. Why did the narrator live in a "poetic trance" while at Grand-Lebrun?

7. According to the editor, why is Francois Mauriac "one of the most sensitive witnesses of our threatened world?"

8. Why did Judas find himself above all other of Jesus' disciples?

9. Why did the prodigal son leave home?

10. How does Dutilleul come to find out about his power?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Return of the Prodigal Son," whom is the most important conversation with: the father, the older brother, the mother, or the younger brother? Why do you believe that this is the most important conversation in the story? Cite specific examples from the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the prophecies in "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler." What were the circumstances under which each of the prophecies was given? What happened because of the prophecies? Did each of the prophecies change the receiver? How? What was the outcome of the prophecies on the story itself?

Essay Topic 3

What does the garden represent for Jean Bridelle in "The Minuet?" What does the garden represent for the old couple in the story? How are their feelings for the garden similar? How are they different?

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