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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian's wife convince him to do?
(a) Have a son.
(b) Kill her father, the Emperor.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Find his parents.

2. What does Julian do for the leper that he comes across at his job?
(a) Drowns him.
(b) Gives him everything that he has.
(c) Shuns him.
(d) Hangs him by a fishing net.

3. Where is Maupassant from?
(a) Nepal.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Norway.
(d) Netherlands.

4. What does Micromegas have to speak through to avoid hurting the humans' ears?
(a) A flower.
(b) A toothpick.
(c) A balloon.
(d) A pillow.

5. According to the book, where were Baudelaire's most remarkable poems published?
(a) "Blanche Carte".
(b) "La Revue des Deux Mondes".
(c) "De Noire Pomme de Terre".
(d) "Les Fluers du Mal".

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times a year does Desplein attend church?

2. In what year was "Minuet" first published?

3. While Julian is out hunting one day, what animal gains the power to speak to him?

4. To what does the narrator compare Desplein?

5. How tall are the Saturnians in "Micromegas"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Rope," why did the mother of the boy who committed suicide come to the narrator's home?

2. Who cursed Julian? Why?

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

4. Why was Micromegas impressed by the secretary of the Academy of Saturn?

5. Why did people dislike Desplein?

6. How did the curse of the stag come to be true in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler?"

7. According to "The Poor Boy's Toy," how do rich children differ from poor ones?

8. Describe the old clown.

9. What does the garden mean for the old couple in "Minuet?"

10. Why is Micromegas' name appropriate?

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