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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 happened to the garden in "Minuet"?
(a) It has been turned into a dance studio.
(b) It has been turned into a church.
(c) It has been demolished.
(d) It is still the same as it was two years before.

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. Why is Micromegas exiled from his home planet?
(a) For stealing.
(b) For writing a book.
(c) For adulterous behaviors.
(d) For murder.

4. What does Julian find great amusement in killing as a child?
(a) Poor people.
(b) Wealthy people.
(c) Animals.
(d) Babies.

5. What was in the wire box in the story "The Poor Boy's Toy"?
(a) A live rat.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A broken ornament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet is Micromegas from?

2. Why is the minuet no longer performed?

3. Where was the water carrier from that Desplein met when he was a young man?

4. What is Thomas Aquinas known for writing in "Micromegas"?

5. Where was "Minuet" first published?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "The Old Clown," why were people "sprawled everywhere?"

4. Describe how Desplein saw the earth.

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the circumstances surrounding Julian's first murder.

10. What would Jean Bridelle do in the garden almost every morning?

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