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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. According to the editor in "The Poor Boy's Toy", what idea does the narrator want to convey?
(a) The wealth of the poor.
(b) The poorness of the wealthy.
(c) Loss.
(d) Innocent diversion.

2. What religion does Desplein practice?
(a) Christianity.
(b) None; he is an atheist.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Judaism.

3. What did Desplein do to honor the water carrier as a man?
(a) Finished school for him.
(b) Wrote a book for him.
(c) Established a mass for him.
(d) Published a world-renowned medical journal for him.

4. According to the talking animal's prophecy, who will Julian kill?
(a) His parents.
(b) His son.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

5. What does Desplein do to honor the water carrier's soul?
(a) Keeps a garden.
(b) Prays to God.
(c) Helps others in need.
(d) Plants trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator in "The Old Clown" compare those yelling out "witticisms and jokes of a solid heavy humor"?

2. What is the little boy who is laying in the grass looking at?

3. How does Micromegas respond to the "knowledge" of Thomas Aquinas' book?

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

5. Who does Micromegas first talk to about the existence of a human soul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Micromegas' name appropriate?

2. Describe how Desplein saw the earth.

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

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

5. Why was Micromegas condemned?

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

7. Describe the old clown.

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

9. Describe the type of friend that Horace Bianchon was.

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

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