View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story made Maupassant famous?
(a) "Deux Amis".
(b) "Bel-Ami".
(c) "Boule de Suif".
(d) "Fort comme la mort".

2. In "The Rope," what did the storyteller ask of the parents of the boy?
(a) To let the boy live with him and go to school.
(b) To have them murder their son.
(c) To let him have their son.
(d) To let the boy marry his daughter and live with him.

3. What does Micromegas decide to do with his time of exile?
(a) Start a family.
(b) Vacation on Mars only.
(c) Travel the universe.
(d) Search for his family.

4. What must Micromegas use to see life on Earth?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A microscope.
(c) A drop of water.
(d) Special eyeglasses.

5. What is the prophecy that Julian's mother hears about her son's future?
(a) He will kill his father and marry her.
(b) He will be a saint.
(c) He will be a great war hero.
(d) He will kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Voltaire?

2. Where does Julian make a name for himself while away from home?

3. What is the Emperor's name who Julian frees from the Muslims?

4. What does Desplein's student do when he follows Desplein into church?

5. What is the lack of maternal love compared to in "The Rope"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the men on the ship tell Micromegas and the Saturnian their time is spent doing?

2. Why are the secretary and the other men of his planet upset with the small number (72) of senses that they have in "Micromegas?"

3. Why is Micromegas' name appropriate?

4. Describe the circumstances surrounding Julian's first murder.

5. Why is Micromegas and the Saturnian surprised by the men on the ship?

6. According to Jean Bridelle, in "Minuet," what is the most violent grief a man and mother can bear?

7. Why was Micromegas condemned?

8. Describe how Desplein saw the earth.

9. Why did people dislike Desplein?

10. Why did the narrator shun the boy in "The Rope?"

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 768 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample