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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler by Gustave Flaubert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian do for the leper that he comes across at his job?
(a) Drowns him.
(b) Gives him everything that he has.
(c) Shuns him.
(d) Hangs him by a fishing net.

2. What is Desplein renowned for in "The Mass of the Atheist"?
(a) Being a famous eye doctor.
(b) Being the most unethical doctor in the land.
(c) Being a disbarred doctor.
(d) Being an expert and skillfull surgeon.

3. What planet is Micromegas from?
(a) Sinus.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Sympheraous.
(d) Sirius.

4. To what does the narrator compare Desplein?
(a) A horse.
(b) An actor.
(c) A clown.
(d) A farmer.

5. What religion does Desplein practice?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) None; he is an atheist.
(d) Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the water carrier from that Desplein met when he was a young man?

2. What religion was the water carrier that Desplein knew as a young man?

3. What does Desplein do to honor the water carrier's soul?

4. Who does Micromegas first talk to about the existence of a human soul?

5. How does Micromegas respond to the "knowledge" of Thomas Aquinas' book?

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