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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 kind of mustache did M. Lecuyer wear?
2. How old was the main character when his power was revealed to him?
3. What was Camus' occupation at the beginning of the war?
4. What is happening to Judas during "Mort de Judas"?
5. In "Grand-Lebrun", what color are the tiles of the school floor?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Judas claim that readers should not be against the Pharisees?
2. Why was a fire only kept in the dining room and in the room of the narrator's mother in "Grand-Lebrun?"
3. Why did Dutilleul "show" his power to pass through walls to his superior?
4. Why is the Arab being transported to another village in "The Guest?"
5. What happened to Dutilleul's superior because of the scare that Dutilleul gave him?
6. Describe the sight in "The Guest" that Daru witnessed while he watched the two men come up the mountain to the schoolhouse.
7. Describe Dutilleul in "The Passer-Through-Walls."
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. Why did the narrator live in a "poetic trance" while at Grand-Lebrun?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
State the ironies in "The Death of Judas." Why are these examples ironic? Do they "justify" Judas' reasoning behind his decisions? How?
Essay Topic 2
In "The Atheist's Mass," what is the irony behind Desplein's visits to church? What do his visits say about him as a man? Do you consider Desplein a true atheist? Why or why 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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