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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. When did Baudelaire die?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1508.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1867.
2. Why are adults celebrating in "The Old Clown"?
(a) Because it is a time of new births.
(b) Because it is a time to celebrate sacrifice.
(c) Because it is a time to celebrate work.
(d) Because it is a time to forget one's troubles.
3. What does Jean Bridelle compare the borders of small trees to?
(a) A field of wildflowers.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) Flocks of birds.
(d) Rows of schoolboys.
4. How tall is Micromegas?
(a) 120 feet tall.
(b) 120,000 feet tall.
(c) 1,200 feet tall.
(d) 12 feet tall.
5. According to "Minuet", what is the most violent loss a mother can feel?
(a) The loss of a spouse.
(b) The loss of a sibling.
(c) The loss of a parent.
(d) The loss of a child.
Short Answer Questions
1. What must Micromegas use to see life on Earth?
2. What is the prophecy that Julian's mother hears about her son's future?
3. What does Micromegas decide to do with his time of exile?
4. In "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler", who is the leper in reality?
5. According to the editor in "The Poor Boy's Toy", what idea does the narrator want to convey?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Julian taught when he was seven-years-old?
2. What do the men on the ship tell Micromegas and the Saturnian their time is spent doing?
3. Describe the circumstances surrounding Julian's first murder.
4. Explain the prophecy and circumstances about his future that Julian's father heard.
5. What would Jean Bridelle do in the garden almost every morning?
6. In "The Old Clown," why were people "sprawled everywhere?"
7. How did the curse of the stag come to be true in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler?"
8. According to the old couple, what is the minuet?
9. In "The Mass of the Atheist," why was the famous French surgeon Desplein's death upsetting, even for his enemies?
10. Describe the old clown.
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