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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 the prodigal son first think about after falling out of love with himself?
(a) Home.
(b) His mother's face.
(c) His brothers.
(d) His father's face.

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

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

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

5. What story made Judas want to hide?
(a) The story of Lazarus and the Rich Man.
(b) The Sower.
(c) The Lost Sheep.
(d) The Wedding Feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the prodigal son think that his father will react to his return?

2. To whom does the narrator in " The Old Clown" compare the muscle men to?

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

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

5. To whom does the narrator in "The Old Clown" compare those yelling out "witticisms and jokes of a solid heavy humor"?

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