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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 pays for the masses that Desplein attends?

2. Who tells Julian's father of the prophecy of his son?

3. What is the name of one of the philosophers that the men give to Micromegas in response to a human's soul?

4. In "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler", who is the leper in reality?

5. What did Desplein do to honor the water carrier as a man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the prophecy and circumstances about his future that Julian's father heard.

3. Why is Micromegas' name appropriate?

4. Who cursed Julian? Why?

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

6. What do the men on the ship tell Micromegas and the Saturnian their time is spent doing?

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

8. Describe how Desplein saw the earth.

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

10. Describe the old clown.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one character from one of the stories. Who is this character? What does the story tell readers specifically about the character? What must readers infer about the character? What are the characters strengths and weaknesses? What conflict does the character face? What does the character learn or refuse to learn? What do the character's decisions tall readers about the character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the meaning behind Dutilleul's use of a "Werewolf" as his sign. Normally, what does the werewolf symbolize as an image? What does the werewolf symbolize for Dutilleul? How do these understandings collaborate or contradict with one another? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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