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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 happens when Julian is practicing the javelin?
(a) He almost kills his father.
(b) He almost kills his mother.
(c) He almost kils himself.
(d) He almost kills his son.

2. What is wrong with the "gift" that Micromegas gives to the humans?
(a) It is ruined.
(b) It is broken.
(c) It disappears when Micromegas leaves.
(d) It is blank.

3. What happened to the water carrier that Desplein knew as a young man?
(a) He was banished for religious beliefs.
(b) He was hung.
(c) He died.
(d) He was put in prison.

4. What job does Julian take after leaving his wife?
(a) A fishing net mender.
(b) A job helping homeless men.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) A job ferrying people across a lake.

5. To what does the narrator compare Desplein?
(a) An actor.
(b) A clown.
(c) A horse.
(d) A farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Desplein's brightest student?

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

3. Why are adults celebrating in "The Old Clown"?

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

5. What is the prophecy that Julian's father hears about his son's future?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "The Mass of the Atheist," why was the famous French surgeon Desplein's death upsetting, even for his enemies?

4. Describe how Desplein saw the earth.

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

6. How does Jean Bridelle describe the nursery?

7. Describe the old clown.

8. What does Jean Bridelle see the old man doing in the garden?

9. Who cursed Julian? Why?

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

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