Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At the time of printing, how many novels had Ayme written?
(a) 16.
(b) 20.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.
2. What illness did Albert Camus have while at university?
(a) Refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
(b) Peyronie's disease.
(c) Bubonic Plague.
(d) Tuberculosis.
3. What time was recess at Grand-Lebrun?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 4:00.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 7:00.
4. Why does the eldest son say he is different from the prodigal son?
(a) The oldest son has no honor.
(b) The oldest son lives by order.
(c) The oldest son only wishes he could leave.
(d) The oldest son has pride.
5. What does the prodigal son first think about after falling out of love with himself?
(a) His mother's face.
(b) His father's face.
(c) His brothers.
(d) Home.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the first thing the prodigal son's father does when he sees his son?
2. What does Balducci give Daru as he is leaving the schoolhouse?
3. What kind of mustache did M. Lecuyer wear?
4. What made the prodigal son feel close to his father?
5. Who surrounded Mauriac during his childhood, like angels surrounded Jesus in the desert?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the narrator live in a "poetic trance" while at Grand-Lebrun?
2. Why does Judas claim that all young people should come and gaze upon his dead body?
3. What does Daru do with the Arab at the end of the story?
4. Why did Dutilleul "show" his power to pass through walls to his superior?
5. What were the circumstances surrounding Dutilleul's first burglary?
6. Why did the prodigal son leave home?
7. How does the prodigal son answer his father about his reasons for returning home?
8. Describe Dutilleul in "The Passer-Through-Walls."
9. According to the editor, why is Francois Mauriac "one of the most sensitive witnesses of our threatened world?"
10. According to the narrator in "Grand-Lebrun," what causes children to look for God?
|
This section contains 740 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
