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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 happens when Julian is practicing the javelin?
(a) He almost kills his father.
(b) He almost kils himself.
(c) He almost kills his son.
(d) He almost kills his mother.

2. Who tells Julian's mother of the prophecy of her son?
(a) A homeless beggar.
(b) A strange hermit.
(c) An oracle.
(d) God.

3. What did Desplein do to honor the water carrier as a man?
(a) Wrote a book for him.
(b) Published a world-renowned medical journal for him.
(c) Finished school for him.
(d) Established a mass for him.

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

5. Why is Desplein's student surprised by Desplein's actions toward the water carrier?
(a) Desplein does not charge him for treatment.
(b) Desplein takes the man's daughter as payment.
(c) Desplein does not treat the man's true ailment.
(d) Desplein overcharges the man for treatment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Desplein describe himself when his student questions him about attending mass?

3. What planet is Micromegas from?

4. What religion does Desplein practice?

5. What does Julian vow never to do after hearing the talking animal's prophecy?

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