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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the wire box in the story "The Poor Boy's Toy"?

2. Who are Julian's parents in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler"?

3. According to the talking animal's prophecy, who will Julian kill?

4. How tall is Micromegas?

5. According to "Minuet", what is the most violent loss a man can feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Micromegas' name appropriate?

2. Why is Horace surprised that Desplein attended a mass?

3. Why was Micromegas condemned?

4. Who cursed Julian? Why?

5. According to the old couple, what is the minuet?

6. In "The Old Clown," why were people "sprawled everywhere?"

7. In "The Rope," why did the mother of the boy who committed suicide come to the narrator's home?

8. How does Jean Bridelle describe the nursery?

9. Why is Micromegas and the Saturnian surprised by the men on the ship?

10. How did the curse of the stag come to be true in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the imagery in the story "The Old Clown." What does the old clown represent? What does the narrator represent? What do the festivities represent? What is the main point of the story?

Essay Topic 2

What does the garden represent for Jean Bridelle in "The Minuet?" What does the garden represent for the old couple in the story? How are their feelings for the garden similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the prophecies that Julian's parents received about their son. How do the prophecies conflict with each other? How do they feed into each other? Which prophecy seems to be more important to each individual parent? Why? How is this typical of the times and circumstances in which the prophecy was given?

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