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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the water carrier do for Desplein when they met?
(a) Turned Desplein in because he was wanted by the police.
(b) Told Desplein that he would never amount to anything.
(c) Paid his rent.
(d) Paid for one meal.

2. According to the editor in "The Poor Boy's Toy", what idea does the narrator want to convey?
(a) The poorness of the wealthy.
(b) Loss.
(c) The wealth of the poor.
(d) Innocent diversion.

3. Who is Maupassant's godfather?
(a) Zola.
(b) Daudet.
(c) Heredia.
(d) Flaubert.

4. How does Desplein describe himself when his student questions him about attending mass?
(a) He is a freak of biblical proportions.
(b) He is a religiously confused man with a God-owned soul.
(c) He is externally atheistic but internally religious.
(d) He is externally religious but internally atheistic.

5. What is the Emperor's name who Julian frees from the Muslims?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Occitania.
(c) Dartanian.
(d) Augustus.

6. To what does the narrator compare Desplein?
(a) A horse.
(b) A farmer.
(c) An actor.
(d) A clown.

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

8. Who pays for the masses that Desplein attends?
(a) Desplein.
(b) The church's priest.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

9. What job does Julian take after leaving his wife?
(a) A job ferrying people across a lake.
(b) A job helping homeless men.
(c) A fishing net mender.
(d) A fisherman.

10. What is Jean Bridelle's most cherished pleasure?
(a) Brawling friends.
(b) Noisy cafes.
(c) To walk alone.
(d) Stupid girls.

11. What was in the wire box in the story "The Poor Boy's Toy"?
(a) A broken ornament.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) A live rat.
(d) A butterfly.

12. Where was the water carrier from that Desplein met when he was a young man?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Auvergnat.
(c) Diesen.
(d) Blanchert.

13. What is Desplein renowned for in "The Mass of the Atheist"?
(a) Being a disbarred doctor.
(b) Being the most unethical doctor in the land.
(c) Being an expert and skillfull surgeon.
(d) Being a famous eye doctor.

14. What nationality was Voltaire?
(a) Dutch.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) American.

15. Upon finding Earth, what does Micromegas think is the dominant life-form on Earth?
(a) Lizards.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Bees.
(d) Whales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was the water carrier that Desplein knew as a young man?

2. What has happened to Julian's parents since he left them and married?

3. What is the little boy who is laying in the grass looking at?

4. Who tells Julian's mother of the prophecy of her son?

5. According to Jean Bridelle, in the beginning of "Minuet", what has he seen at close range?

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