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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first facial feature that Daru notices about the Arab?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His lips.
(c) His nose.
(d) His teeth.

2. Who designed the statue of Jupiter in "The Death of Judas"?
(a) Etruscan.
(b) Raphael.
(c) Polyclitus.
(d) Michelangelo.

3. In what year did Camus receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1862.

4. What has stopped Daru's students from coming to school in "The Guest"?
(a) Heat.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Draught.

5. How many times did the main character put his head through the wall to frighten his boss on the first day?
(a) 23.
(b) 15.
(c) 45.
(d) 10.

6. At the time of printing, how many novels had Ayme written?
(a) 20.
(b) 1.
(c) 16.
(d) 6.

7. Why has the Arab been arrested in "The Guest"?
(a) Assault on a military officer.
(b) Thievery.
(c) Weapons possession.
(d) Murder.

8. What kind of tea does Daru offer the men who have come to the schoolhouse?
(a) Mint.
(b) Black.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) White.

9. What does the prodigal son first say made him come back?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Thirst.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Laziness.

10. How old was the main character when his power was revealed to him?
(a) 50.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 43.

11. What does the prodigal son's father accuse his son of doing when he asked him why he left?
(a) Splitting hairs.
(b) Not wanting to be a part of the family.
(c) Running away from working.
(d) Not loving his mother.

12. According to the editor, what did Claudel never make to his public?
(a) Denials.
(b) Concessions.
(c) Inferences.
(d) Apologies.

13. How does the prodigal son think that his father will react to his return?
(a) He will punish him harshly.
(b) He will forget both of his other sons and give the remaining money to the prodigal son.
(c) He will welcome him into the home.
(d) He will turn him away.

14. What is happening to Judas during "Mort de Judas"?
(a) Judas is tending to his duties as a disciple.
(b) Judas is hanging himself.
(c) Judas is accepting his 30 pieces of silver.
(d) Judas is watching Jesus be arrested.

15. How did Mauriac live as a child?
(a) In a poetic trance.
(b) In a static pathway.
(c) In a nightmare.
(d) In fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where must Daru take the Arab?

2. What does Mauriac recall his mother saying she did with fire?

3. What have American reviewers of translations called Ayme?

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

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

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