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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. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", what name did the main character give himself during his thievery?

2. What is the name the children gave to the school buses that picked them up for school in "Grand-Lebrun"?

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

4. What does the doctor find is the cause of the main character's special power in "The Passer-Through-Walls"?

5. In what year did Camus receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did the narrator live in a "poetic trance" while at Grand-Lebrun?

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

8. 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?

9. Why did Judas have the right to transfer funds into his own personal account?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the story "The Poor Boy's Toy." What does each of the point-of-views in the story represent? What do you think that Baudelaire is trying to say? Is this story one of morality or social standing? What is the meaning behind Baudelaire's story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the prophecies in "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler." What were the circumstances under which each of the prophecies was given? What happened because of the prophecies? Did each of the prophecies change the receiver? How? What was the outcome of the prophecies on the story itself?

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