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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. What did the narrator intend to do at the old clown's booth?
(a) Offer him a job.
(b) Leave money.
(c) Throw him out of the market.
(d) Make fun of him.

2. According to "Minuet", what is the most violent loss a mother can feel?
(a) The loss of a parent.
(b) The loss of a sibling.
(c) The loss of a spouse.
(d) The loss of a child.

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

4. Where does Micromegas finally find human life-forms?
(a) A submarine.
(b) A prison.
(c) A school.
(d) A ship.

5. What is the little boy who is laying in the grass looking at?
(a) A slave working in the garden.
(b) A beggar pulling a cart.
(c) A bird flying in the sky.
(d) A poor boy on the other side of the gate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Micromegas decide to do with his time of exile?

2. What must Micromegas use to see life on Earth?

3. What is the prophecy that Julian's mother hears about her son's future?

4. Who pays for the masses that Desplein attends?

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

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