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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. Why does the eldest son say he is different from the prodigal son?
(a) The oldest son lives by order.
(b) The oldest son only wishes he could leave.
(c) The oldest son has pride.
(d) The oldest son has no honor.

2. What is the nearest village to Daru's schoolhouse?
(a) Vische.
(b) Monte Pire.
(c) Tadjid.
(d) Mardered.

3. What does Daru give the Arab in addition to food?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Money.

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

5. Who spoke at the graduation in "Grand-Lebrun"?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Jean Giraudoux.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Gide spend writing "The Return of the Prodigal Son"?

2. Who does Judas begin to visit when he decides he wants to know "the other side of things"?

3. According to the editor, what was Claudel always guided by?

4. How old was the main character when his power was revealed to him?

5. What made the prodigal son feel close to his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the narrator in "Grand-Lebrun," what causes children to look for God?

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

3. Why did Dutilleul "show" his power to pass through walls to his superior?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Judas claim that readers should not be against the Pharisees?

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