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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Return of the Prodigal Son by Andre Gide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "hic et nunc" mean?
(a) Stay and fight.
(b) Here and now.
(c) Pray and love.
(d) Love and honor.

2. Why does the prodigal son wait until night to go to his father's home?
(a) To listen in on the family's conversation.
(b) To cloak his poverty.
(c) He does not wait; he goes during the day.
(d) To fall asleep on the steps and have the family find him in the morning.

3. According to "Minuet", what is the most violent loss a man can feel?
(a) The loss of a father.
(b) The loss of a child.
(c) The loss of a mother.
(d) The loss of his wife.

4. What was the basis of the poem that admitted Judas to the Sanhedrin?
(a) The inelegance of a martyr.
(b) The ostentatiousness of the Verusians.
(c) The pompousness of royalty.
(d) The heroic obstinacy of the Maccabees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a paralytic who has been put back on his feet compared to in "The Death of Judas"?

2. What does Julian do for the leper that he comes across at his job?

3. Where was "Minuet" first published?

4. What is the Emperor's name who Julian frees from the Muslims?

5. What is Jean Bridelle's most cherished pleasure?

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