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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 was the name of the critical work that Ayme wrote?
(a) "Pomme de Terre".
(b) "Noir Age".
(c) "Noir Aime".
(d) "Le Comfort Intellectuel".

2. Who designed the statue of Jupiter in "The Death of Judas"?
(a) Polyclitus.
(b) Etruscan.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Raphael.

3. What does the main character's office door read in "The Passer-Through-Walls"?
(a) "Exit Only."
(b) "No Entry."
(c) "Storeroom."
(d) "Private."

4. In "Grand-Lebrun", what color are the tiles of the school floor?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Brown and black.
(d) Blue and white.

5. What does the prodigal son's father tell the servants to get for the prodigal son?
(a) A robe.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A drink.
(d) A snack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have American reviewers of translations called Ayme?

2. What is the first thing the prodigal son's father does when he sees his son?

3. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", how long does the main character meditate before bed every night?

4. In "Grand-Lebrun", when does a child's heart become used to looking for God?

5. In "The Guest", how many men is the schoolteacher waiting on to climb the hill to the school house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the eldest son harsher than the father is regarding the prodigal son?

2. Why is the Arab being transported to another village in "The Guest?"

3. According to Judas, how is a paralytic described after he has been cured?

4. What does the prodigal son's father do when the prodigal son returns home?

5. What is the prodigal son planning on saying to his father to get his father to accept him back?

6. In "Grand-Lebrun," describe the "little old women" in the narrator's story.

7. How does Dutilleul come to find out about his power?

8. Why did the narrator live in a "poetic trance" while at Grand-Lebrun?

9. What happened to Dutilleul's superior because of the scare that Dutilleul gave him?

10. Why did Judas find himself above all other of Jesus' disciples?

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