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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. According to the editor, what did Claudel never make to his public?

2. In "Grand-Lebrun", what color are the tiles of the school floor?

3. What is the nearest village to Daru's schoolhouse?

4. What does Mauriac recall his mother saying she did with fire?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Daru have bags of wheat in the schoolhouse?

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

9. Describe the sight in "The Guest" that Daru witnessed while he watched the two men come up the mountain to the schoolhouse.

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

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

In the story "The Guest," who is the guest: Daru; Balducci; or the Arab? Why do you believe so? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.

Essay Topic 3

Micromegas is banned from his planet for writing a heretical book. He goes on a journey that allows him to ask a very important question to the inhabitants of Earth. Why is the question so important to Micromegas? What point is he making by asking it? What is the relevance of his journey and the question?

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