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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Minuet by Guy de Maupassant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Micromegas' term of exile?
(a) 8,000 years.
(b) 800,000 years.
(c) 80 years.
(d) 800 years.

2. According to the book, where were Baudelaire's most remarkable poems published?
(a) "La Revue des Deux Mondes".
(b) "De Noire Pomme de Terre".
(c) "Les Fluers du Mal".
(d) "Blanche Carte".

3. What religion was the water carrier that Desplein knew as a young man?
(a) Buddist.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Athiest.

4. In what year was "Minuet" first published?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1687.

5. What does Julian's wife convince him to do?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Have a son.
(c) Find his parents.
(d) Kill her father, the Emperor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What story made Maupassant famous?

3. What does Julian find great amusement in killing as a child?

4. What job does Julian take after leaving his wife?

5. What is the prophecy that Julian's father hears about his son's future?

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