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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Micromegas have to speak through to avoid hurting the humans' ears?
(a) A flower.
(b) A toothpick.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A balloon.
2. What did Desplein do to honor the water carrier as a man?
(a) Wrote a book for him.
(b) Established a mass for him.
(c) Finished school for him.
(d) Published a world-renowned medical journal for him.
3. To whom does the narrator in "The Old Clown" compare those yelling out "witticisms and jokes of a solid heavy humor"?
(a) Phaedrus.
(b) Jean Chapelain.
(c) Tasso.
(d) Moliere.
4. Why is Desplein's student surprised by Desplein's actions toward the water carrier?
(a) Desplein does not treat the man's true ailment.
(b) Desplein takes the man's daughter as payment.
(c) Desplein does not charge him for treatment.
(d) Desplein overcharges the man for treatment.
5. What does Julian's wife convince him to do?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Kill her father, the Emperor.
(c) Find his parents.
(d) Have a son.
6. How does Desplein describe himself when his student questions him about attending mass?
(a) He is a religiously confused man with a God-owned soul.
(b) He is externally atheistic but internally religious.
(c) He is a freak of biblical proportions.
(d) He is externally religious but internally atheistic.
7. What does "une maniere de sentir" mean?
(a) A century of madness.
(b) A manner of sadness.
(c) A way of feeling.
(d) A moment of setiment.
8. Upon finding Earth, what does Micromegas think is the dominant life-form on Earth?
(a) Whales.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Bees.
(d) Lizards.
9. What is the little boy who is laying in the grass looking at?
(a) A bird flying in the sky.
(b) A slave working in the garden.
(c) A poor boy on the other side of the gate.
(d) A beggar pulling a cart.
10. What is the Emperor's name who Julian frees from the Muslims?
(a) Augustus.
(b) Ferdinand.
(c) Occitania.
(d) Dartanian.
11. Why are people sprawled everywhere in "The Old Clown"?
(a) It is a public beach.
(b) It is the celebration of "El Día de los Muertos".
(c) It is a feast day.
(d) It is "The Day of St. Thorlakur".
12. According to Jean Bridelle, in the beginning of "Minuet", what has he seen at close range?
(a) Happiness.
(b) War.
(c) Loss.
(d) Sadness.
13. What happened to the garden in "Minuet"?
(a) It has been turned into a dance studio.
(b) It has been turned into a church.
(c) It is still the same as it was two years before.
(d) It has been demolished.
14. What is laying on the grass next to the boy behind the iron gate?
(a) A magnificent toy.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) A beautiful dog.
(d) His nanny.
15. What is the profession of the person described in "The Rope"?
(a) A writer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A musician.
(d) A painter.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the water carrier do for Desplein when they met?
2. What did the narrator intend to do at the old clown's booth?
3. What does Julian vow never to do after hearing the talking animal's prophecy?
4. While Julian is out hunting one day, what animal gains the power to speak to him?
5. What "gift" does Micromegas give to the humans he encounters?
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