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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mauriac's teachers not consider him?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) A fast learner.
(c) A chosen vessel.
(d) A bright student.

2. According to the editor's biography of Mauriac, what does Mauriac consider himself the last of?
(a) Methodist writers in Prague.
(b) Atheist writers in France.
(c) Catholic writers in France.
(d) Baptist writers in Prague.

3. What is the prodigal son's mother afraid of?
(a) The prodigal son leaving again.
(b) The youngest son leaving.
(c) The oldest son leaving.
(d) The father leaving.

4. At the time of printing, how many novels had Ayme written?
(a) 16.
(b) 1.
(c) 20.
(d) 6.

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

6. According to the editor, what was Claudel always guided by?
(a) Hope.
(b) Restlessness.
(c) Fate.
(d) Catholicism.

7. What is a paralytic who has been put back on his feet compared to in "The Death of Judas"?
(a) A sleeping lamb.
(b) A hibernating bear.
(c) A raging lion.
(d) A jellyfish.

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

9. After 1948, to what writing genre did Ayme devote most of his talent toward?
(a) Plays.
(b) Novellas.
(c) Short stories.
(d) Novels.

10. What does Daru give the Arab in addition to food?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Money.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Clothes.

11. What time was recess at Grand-Lebrun?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 4:00.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 7:00.

12. 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 fall asleep on the steps and have the family find him in the morning.
(c) To cloak his poverty.
(d) He does not wait; he goes during the day.

13. How long did Gide spend writing "The Return of the Prodigal Son"?
(a) One month.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two days.

14. What is the name the children gave to the school buses that picked them up for school in "Grand-Lebrun"?
(a) Parcours.
(b) Trein.
(c) Puanteur.
(d) Fourgonnettes.

15. What does Balducci give Daru as he is leaving the schoolhouse?
(a) Arrest papers.
(b) Money.
(c) An extradition warrant.
(d) A revolver.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did the main character put his head through the wall to frighten his boss on the first day?

2. Who surrounded Mauriac during his childhood, like angels surrounded Jesus in the desert?

3. At what time did the students receive snacks at Grand-Lebrun?

4. Who spoke the following quote about Mauriac: "God is not an artist, and neither is M. Mauriac"?

5. At the time of printing, where did Ayme reside?

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