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

2. How does Micromegas respond to the "knowledge" of Thomas Aquinas' book?

3. What nationality was Voltaire?

4. What does Desplein answer when his student questions his belief and actions?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the garden mean for the old couple in "Minuet?"

2. Why was Micromegas impressed by the secretary of the Academy of Saturn?

3. Why did the narrator shun the boy in "The Rope?"

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

5. Why is Micromegas' name appropriate?

6. According to "The Poor Boy's Toy," how do rich children differ from poor ones?

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

8. What would Jean Bridelle do in the garden almost every morning?

9. According to Jean Bridelle, in "Minuet," what is the most violent grief a man and mother can bear?

10. How does Jean Bridelle describe the nursery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Return of the Prodigal Son," discuss the multiple reasons the prodigal son gives for returning home. Which reason do you believe is the real reason for the prodigal son's return? Do you believe he omitted the real reason for his return? Cite specific examples from the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Choose three of the stories using the obstacles that the main character faces. What are the obstacles? What are the choices the main character has? What does the main character choose to do? Is the decision moral/just or not?

Essay Topic 3

Micromegas leaves the inhabitants of Earth with a book that will "answer" all of their questions. What is the relevance of the "gift" that Micromegas leaves? What does its "state" mean for the humans? For Micromegas?

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