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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 "Grand-Lebrun", when does a child's heart become used to looking for God?

2. Who surrounded Mauriac during his childhood, like angels surrounded Jesus in the desert?

3. What has stopped Daru's students from coming to school in "The Guest"?

4. In what year did Francois Mauriac win the Nobel Peace Prize?

5. After 1948, to what writing genre did Ayme devote most of his talent toward?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "Grand-Lebrun," why does the narrator choose to recall his time at his former school?

7. Why is the Arab being transported to another village in "The Guest?"

8. What is the prodigal son planning on saying to his father to get his father to accept him back?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the meaning behind Dutilleul's use of a "Werewolf" as his sign. Normally, what does the werewolf symbolize as an image? What does the werewolf symbolize for Dutilleul? How do these understandings collaborate or contradict with one another? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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