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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 vow never to do after hearing the talking animal's prophecy?
(a) Leave his mother's side.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Love.
(d) Leave his father's side.

2. How long has the Saturnian, who accompanies Micromegas on his journey, been married?
(a) 1,000 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 10,000 years.

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

4. What has happened to Julian's parents since he left them and married?
(a) They have become very poor.
(b) They have had another son to carry on their name.
(c) They have arranged a marriage for him.
(d) They have become richer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator intend to do at the old clown's booth?

2. What does Micromegas have to speak through to avoid hurting the humans' ears?

3. What did Desplein do to honor the water carrier as a man?

4. What planet is Micromegas from?

5. What is laying on the grass next to the boy behind the iron gate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who cursed Julian? Why?

2. Why is Horace surprised that Desplein attended a mass?

3. According to the old couple, what is the minuet?

4. What was Desplein's first selfless act that Horace witnessed?

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

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

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

8. What was Julian taught when he was seven-years-old?

9. Why is Micromegas' name appropriate?

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

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