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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 happened to the water carrier that Desplein knew as a young man?
(a) He died.
(b) He was put in prison.
(c) He was banished for religious beliefs.
(d) He was hung.

2. What is the Emperor's name who Julian frees from the Muslims?
(a) Occitania.
(b) Dartanian.
(c) Ferdinand.
(d) Augustus.

3. What does Julian find great amusement in killing as a child?
(a) Wealthy people.
(b) Animals.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Babies.

4. Where is Maupassant from?
(a) Netherlands.
(b) Norway.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Nepal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator in " The Old Clown" compare the muscle men to?

2. What nationality was Voltaire?

3. How tall are the Saturnians in "Micromegas"?

4. According to the book, where were Baudelaire's most remarkable poems published?

5. What animal's hormones does the doctor prescribe the main character in "The Passer-Through-Walls"?

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