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French Stories Quiz

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French Stories Quiz

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1)

According to the narrator in "The Poor Boy's Toy", what have children learned to do? (from The Spleen of Paris by Charles Baudelaire)

Boast.
Love unintentionally.
Trust everyone.
Distrust man.
2)

To which direction do Daru's classroom windows open? (from The Guest by Albert Camus)

West.
East.
North.
South.
3)

Where is Maupassant from? (from Minuet by Guy de Maupassant)

Normandy.
Norway.
Nepal.
Netherlands.
4)

In "The Rope," what did the storyteller ask of the parents of the boy? (from The Spleen of Paris by Charles Baudelaire)

To let the boy marry his daughter and live with him.
To let the boy live with him and go to school.
To have them murder their son.
To let him have their son.
5)

According to Jean Bridelle in "Minuet", what is responsible for his emotion? (from Minuet by Guy de Maupassant)

Happiness.
The loss of his father.
His imagination.
The loss of his son.
6)

Who was the first of the disciples to be called an Apostle in "The Death of Judas"? (from The Death of Judas by Paul Claudel)

Simon Peter.
Judas.
Paul.
Mark.
7)

What has stopped Daru's students from coming to school in "The Guest"? (from The Guest by Albert Camus)

Heat.
Rain.
Draught.
Snow.
8)

What kind of tea does Daru offer the men who have come to the schoolhouse? (from The Guest by Albert Camus)

Jasmine.
White.
Mint.
Black.
9)

Why does Judas say he did what he did to Jesus? (from The Death of Judas by Paul Claudel)

He wanted to gain a higher position with the Romans.
He wanted the silver.
He was tired of Jesus looking over him.
He wanted to see what "He" was up to.
10)

Who is Maupassant's godfather? (from Minuet by Guy de Maupassant)

Zola.
Heredia.
Flaubert.
Daudet.
11)

What does the following line by Rimbaud mean: mais vous j'ai trop pleure, les aubes sont navrantes? (from Grand-Lebrun by Francois Mauriac)

"Always be happy, you never be sad."
"Care for those around you, and only those."
"But you cannot be happy, you babes of nativity."
"But you have too much crying, the blades are heartbreaking."
12)

Who tells Judas "it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people"? (from The Death of Judas by Paul Claudel)

Caiaphas.
Lucius of Cyrene.
Gideon.
Philip the Evangelist.
13)

According to "Minuet", what is the most violent loss a mother can feel? (from Minuet by Guy de Maupassant)

The loss of a spouse.
The loss of a child.
The loss of a sibling.
The loss of a parent.
14)

What animal's hormones does the doctor prescribe the main character in "The Passer-Through-Walls"? (from The Passer-Through-Walls by Marcel Ayme)

Centaur's.
Manticore's.
Satre's.
Unicorn's.
15)

What happened to the boy while the storyteller from "The Rope" was away on business? (from The Spleen of Paris by Charles Baudelaire)

He cleaned the entire house.
He ran away.
He stabbed his parents.
He hung himself.
16)

What time was recess at Grand-Lebrun? (from Grand-Lebrun by Francois Mauriac)

4:00.
7:00.
2:00.
12:00.
17)

What does the doctor find is the cause of the main character's special power in "The Passer-Through-Walls"? (from The Passer-Through-Walls by Marcel Ayme)

Hardening of the strangulatory wall of the thyroid vesicle.
Hyperthymesic Syndrome.
Chairi Malformation.
Aquagenic Urticaria.
18)

In "The Return of the Prodigal Son", what does the prodigal son say shut him in? (from The Return of the Prodigal Son by Andre Gide)

His mother.
His older brother.
The House.
His father.
19)

What was Camus' occupation at the beginning of the war? (from The Guest by Albert Camus)

Sculptor.
Journalist.
Photographer.
Painter.
20)

What is the first facial feature that Daru notices about the Arab? (from The Guest by Albert Camus)

His teeth.
His lips.
His nose.
His eyes.
21)

What is happening to Judas during "Mort de Judas"? (from The Death of Judas by Paul Claudel)

Judas is watching Jesus be arrested.
Judas is tending to his duties as a disciple.
Judas is accepting his 30 pieces of silver.
Judas is hanging himself.
22)

What does the youngest son ask of the prodigal son? (from The Return of the Prodigal Son by Andre Gide)

To leave with him.
To talk him out of leaving.
To keep the family from looking for him.
To stay and comfort mother.
23)

What story made Judas want to hide? (from The Death of Judas by Paul Claudel)

The Sower.
The Lost Sheep.
The story of Lazarus and the Rich Man.
The Wedding Feast.
24)

Who spoke at the graduation in "Grand-Lebrun"? (from Grand-Lebrun by Francois Mauriac)

Plato.
Sartre.
Jean Giraudoux.
Socrates.
25)

What is the lack of maternal love compared to in "The Rope"? (from The Spleen of Paris by Charles Baudelaire)

A light without heat.
A sky without stars.
A lake without fish.
A mountain without snow.
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