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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. In "The Return of the Prodigal Son", how does Gide describe his literary work?
(a) As a painting.
(b) As a truth.
(c) As a reflection in a mirror.
(d) As a heresy.

2. In what year was "Mort de Judas" published?
(a) 1767.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1907.

3. What is the name the children gave to the school buses that picked them up for school in "Grand-Lebrun"?
(a) Parcours.
(b) Puanteur.
(c) Trein.
(d) Fourgonnettes.

4. What is laying on the grass next to the boy behind the iron gate?
(a) His nanny.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) A beautiful dog.
(d) A magnificent toy.

5. Who does Jean Bridelle meet in the garden?
(a) A madame from Nice.
(b) An Irish dancer.
(c) A former dancing master from the Opera.
(d) A Russian dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Julian's father of the prophecy of his son?

2. Who tells Judas "it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people"?

3. Who was the first of the disciples to be called an Apostle in "The Death of Judas"?

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

5. To what does the narrator compare Desplein?

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