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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 is happening to Judas during "Mort de Judas"?
(a) Judas is watching Jesus be arrested.
(b) Judas is hanging himself.
(c) Judas is accepting his 30 pieces of silver.
(d) Judas is tending to his duties as a disciple.

2. How many times did the main character put his head through the wall to frighten his boss on the first day?
(a) 15.
(b) 23.
(c) 45.
(d) 10.

3. What did the prodigal son change his father's gold into?
(a) Sins.
(b) Hate.
(c) Identity.
(d) Pleasures.

4. According to Jean Bridelle in "Minuet", what is responsible for his emotion?
(a) The loss of his father.
(b) Happiness.
(c) His imagination.
(d) The loss of his son.

5. Where does Julian make a name for himself while away from home?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the "gift" that Micromegas gives to the humans?

2. What does the prodigal son first say made him come back?

3. What does the following line by Rimbaud mean: mais vous j'ai trop pleure, les aubes sont navrantes?

4. Why is Micromegas exiled from his home planet?

5. What is the name of Desplein's brightest student?

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