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

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

3. How long has the Saturnian, who accompanies Micromegas on his journey, been married?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 1,000 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 10,000 years.

4. What does Desplein's student do when he follows Desplein into church?
(a) Hides in the back of the church.
(b) Kneels by him.
(c) Goes into confession.
(d) Tells the priest that Desplein does not belong in the church.

5. What is the prophecy that Julian's father hears about his son's future?
(a) He will kill him to take control of the estate.
(b) He will kill the King and marry the Queen.
(c) He will become a petty thief.
(d) He will be a great ruler and conqueror.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religion does Desplein practice?

3. What happens when Julian is practicing the javelin?

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

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

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