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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, Ayme is the most inventive in what type of French writing?

2. In "The Passer-Through-Walls", how long does the main character meditate before bed every night?

3. What kind of tea does Daru offer the men who have come to the schoolhouse?

4. What did Mauriac sometimes consider himself?

5. Who did Gide dedicate "The Return of the Prodigal Son" to?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Dutilleul come to find out about his power?

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the imagery in the story "The Old Clown." What does the old clown represent? What does the narrator represent? What do the festivities represent? What is the main point of the story?

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