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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Passer-Through-Walls by Marcel Ayme.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the critical work that Ayme wrote?
(a) "Noir Aime".
(b) "Noir Age".
(c) "Le Comfort Intellectuel".
(d) "Pomme de Terre".

2. In remembering his time at Grand-Lebrun, what season is it?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

3. Why is the minuet no longer performed?
(a) Because its original form has been forgotten.
(b) Because there are no more kings.
(c) Because it is only performed by master dancers.
(d) Because it has been banned.

4. What is the little boy who is laying in the grass looking at?
(a) A poor boy on the other side of the gate.
(b) A bird flying in the sky.
(c) A slave working in the garden.
(d) A beggar pulling a cart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Maupassant from?

2. What does the youngest son ask of the prodigal son?

3. In "The Rope," what did the storyteller ask of the parents of the boy?

4. Why does Judas say he did what he did to Jesus?

5. What is the lack of maternal love compared to in "The Rope"?

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