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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 illness did Albert Camus have while at university?

2. In "The Return of the Prodigal Son", what does the prodigal son say shut him in?

3. What does Balducci give Daru as he is leaving the schoolhouse?

4. In remembering his time at Grand-Lebrun, what season is it?

5. What does Daru give the Arab in addition to food?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Judas find himself above all other of Jesus' disciples?

4. Describe Dutilleul in "The Passer-Through-Walls."

5. What does the prodigal son's father do when the prodigal son returns home?

6. Why did Daru feel like a lord given his meager lifestyle?

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

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

9. 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?

10. What were the circumstances surrounding Dutilleul's first burglary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the imagery used in "The Rope." What does each of the following characters represent: The narrator; the boy; the mother; and the neighbors? What do the following items represent: the rope; the nail; and sugars and liqueurs?

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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