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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. At what time did the students receive snacks at Grand-Lebrun?
(a) 6:30.
(b) 10:30.
(c) 4:30.
(d) 2:30.

2. What is the name of the man who was able to pass through walls?
(a) Louis.
(b) Drisdel.
(c) Armond.
(d) Dutilleul.

3. How old was the main character when his power was revealed to him?
(a) 43.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

4. Who did Gide dedicate "The Return of the Prodigal Son" to?
(a) Francis James.
(b) Paul Claudel.
(c) Arthur Fontaine.
(d) Charles-Louis Philippe.

5. What is Judas' position within the disciples?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Storyteller.
(c) Jesus' advisor.
(d) Philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Grand-Lebrun", what color are the tiles of the school floor?

2. What did the prodigal son change his father's gold into?

3. What does "hic et nunc" mean?

4. What does the following line by Rimbaud mean: mais vous j'ai trop pleure, les aubes sont navrantes?

5. What does Daru keep in the school house to distribute to the schoolchildren?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Judas claim that all young people should come and gaze upon his dead body?

2. Why does the prodigal son's older brother claim to be different from the prodigal son?

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

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

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

8. Why does Daru believe that Balducci is playing a joke on him when he tells Daru of the order for Daru to transport the Arab?

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

10. Describe Dutilleul in "The Passer-Through-Walls."

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