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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 must Micromegas use to see life on Earth?
(a) A microscope.
(b) A magnifying glass.
(c) A drop of water.
(d) Special eyeglasses.

2. What job does Julian take after leaving his wife?
(a) A fishing net mender.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) A job helping homeless men.
(d) A job ferrying people across a lake.

3. How old was the main character when his power was revealed to him?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 43.
(d) 50.

4. What is wrong with the "gift" that Micromegas gives to the humans?
(a) It is ruined.
(b) It disappears when Micromegas leaves.
(c) It is broken.
(d) It is blank.

5. According to the editor, Ayme is the most inventive in what type of French writing?
(a) Cuillers.
(b) Menteurs.
(c) Chanteur.
(d) Conteurs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the servant who woke Mauriac?

2. What does Desplein answer when his student questions his belief and actions?

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

4. In "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler", who is the leper in reality?

5. What is the prodigal son's mother afraid of?

(see the answer key)

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