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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 is Judas' position within the disciples?

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

3. What does the main character's office door read in "The Passer-Through-Walls"?

4. What is the name of the servant who woke Mauriac?

5. What did the prodigal son change his father's gold into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dutilleul's coworkers do when they found out that he was the "Werewolf?"

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

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

4. Why does the prodigal son's older brother claim to be different from the prodigal son?

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

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

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

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

9. Who was "caught" by Jesus, according to Judas?

10. How does the prodigal son answer his father about his reasons for returning home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

In "The Guest," what is the importance of Daru's isolation? How does his love of isolation speak to the meaning behind the story? How is the theme of isolation shown in a physical way? In a symbolic way? Is Daru's love of isolation the reason that he helps the Arab to escape? Why or why not?

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