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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 does Judas compare Simon Peter's eyes to in "The Death of Judas"?
(a) A canyon.
(b) A lion.
(c) An affectionate dog.
(d) A deep sea.

2. In what year did Camus receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1957.

3. What has stopped Daru's students from coming to school in "The Guest"?
(a) Rain.
(b) Snow.
(c) Draught.
(d) Heat.

4. What does Balducci give Daru as he is leaving the schoolhouse?
(a) Money.
(b) Arrest papers.
(c) A revolver.
(d) An extradition warrant.

5. In what year was "Mort de Judas" published?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1767.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years was Judas in the service of Jesus?

2. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", what name did the main character give himself during his thievery?

3. What was the name of the critical work that Ayme wrote?

4. What kind of mustache did M. Lecuyer wear?

5. How does the prodigal son think that his father will react to his return?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Judas have the right to transfer funds into his own personal account?

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

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

4. What does Daru do with the Arab at the end of the story?

5. Who was "caught" by Jesus, according to Judas?

6. 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?

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

8. According to the editor, why is Francois Mauriac "one of the most sensitive witnesses of our threatened world?"

9. Why was a fire only kept in the dining room and in the room of the narrator's mother in "Grand-Lebrun?"

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

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