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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the youngest son ask of the prodigal son?
(a) To keep the family from looking for him.
(b) To leave with him.
(c) To stay and comfort mother.
(d) To talk him out of leaving.

2. What is the first facial feature that Daru notices about the Arab?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His nose.
(c) His lips.
(d) His teeth.

3. What is the first thing the prodigal son's father does when he sees his son?
(a) Opens his arms.
(b) Frowns.
(c) Cries.
(d) Turns away from him.

4. What illness did Albert Camus have while at university?
(a) Bubonic Plague.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Peyronie's disease.
(d) Refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

5. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", how long does the main character meditate before bed every night?
(a) One hour.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

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

7. What kind of tea does Daru offer the men who have come to the schoolhouse?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Mint.

8. Who spoke the following quote about Mauriac: "God is not an artist, and neither is M. Mauriac"?
(a) Maupassant.
(b) Gide.
(c) Ayme.
(d) Sartre.

9. What does the prodigal son first say made him come back?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Thirst.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Hunger.

10. At the time of printing, where did Ayme reside?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Montmartre.
(c) Bella Ville.
(d) Paris.

11. How does the prodigal son think that his father will react to his return?
(a) He will turn him away.
(b) He will forget both of his other sons and give the remaining money to the prodigal son.
(c) He will welcome him into the home.
(d) He will punish him harshly.

12. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", what name did the main character give himself during his thievery?
(a) "The Storm."
(b) "The Fox."
(c) "The Ghost."
(d) "The Werewolf."

13. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", what does the main character collect?
(a) Lamps.
(b) Coins.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Silver.

14. What was the specialty of the Apostles in "The Death of Judas"?
(a) To limit self-sacrifice.
(b) To keep Jesus from harm.
(c) To perform miracles.
(d) To make Jesus known everywhere.

15. Where must Daru take the Arab?
(a) To Rome.
(b) To Ameur.
(c) To Tinguit.
(d) To Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who designed the statue of Jupiter in "The Death of Judas"?

2. Why does Judas say he did what he did to Jesus?

3. In "The Return of the Prodigal Son", how does Gide describe his literary work?

4. What did Mauriac's teachers not consider him?

5. Where was Albert Camus born?

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