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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Desplein do to honor the water carrier as a man?
(a) Finished school for him.
(b) Published a world-renowned medical journal for him.
(c) Established a mass for him.
(d) Wrote a book for him.

2. How long is Micromegas' term of exile?
(a) 8,000 years.
(b) 80 years.
(c) 800,000 years.
(d) 800 years.

3. Where does Micromegas finally find human life-forms?
(a) A submarine.
(b) A prison.
(c) A ship.
(d) A school.

4. What "gift" does Micromegas give to the humans he encounters?
(a) A book.
(b) A painting.
(c) A locket.
(d) A special mirror.

5. How long has the Saturnian, who accompanies Micromegas on his journey, been married?
(a) 10,000 years.
(b) 1,000 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 10 years.

6. What is the prophecy that Julian's father hears about his son's future?
(a) He will become a petty thief.
(b) He will be a great ruler and conqueror.
(c) He will kill him to take control of the estate.
(d) He will kill the King and marry the Queen.

7. According to the narrator in "The Poor Boy's Toy", what have children learned to do?
(a) Distrust man.
(b) Trust everyone.
(c) Boast.
(d) Love unintentionally.

8. What does Desplein claim the human body lacks?
(a) A soul.
(b) A memory.
(c) An ethical mind.
(d) A heart.

9. What happened to the boy while the storyteller from "The Rope" was away on business?
(a) He cleaned the entire house.
(b) He ran away.
(c) He stabbed his parents.
(d) He hung himself.

10. What was in the wire box in the story "The Poor Boy's Toy"?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) A broken ornament.
(d) A live rat.

11. What did the narrator intend to do at the old clown's booth?
(a) Throw him out of the market.
(b) Make fun of him.
(c) Offer him a job.
(d) Leave money.

12. To whom does the narrator in "The Old Clown" compare those yelling out "witticisms and jokes of a solid heavy humor"?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Phaedrus.
(c) Tasso.
(d) Jean Chapelain.

13. Why is the minuet no longer performed?
(a) Because there are no more kings.
(b) Because it is only performed by master dancers.
(c) Because it has been banned.
(d) Because its original form has been forgotten.

14. According to "Minuet", what is the most violent loss a mother can feel?
(a) The loss of a parent.
(b) The loss of a spouse.
(c) The loss of a child.
(d) The loss of a sibling.

15. What does Desplein's student do when he follows Desplein into church?
(a) Tells the priest that Desplein does not belong in the church.
(b) Kneels by him.
(c) Hides in the back of the church.
(d) Goes into confession.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Julian take after leaving his wife?

2. According to the book, where were Baudelaire's most remarkable poems published?

3. What does Julian find great amusement in killing as a child?

4. Who are Julian's parents in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler"?

5. When did Baudelaire die?

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