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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the editor, what was Claudel always guided by?
(a) Hope.
(b) Restlessness.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Fate.

2. What was the basis of the poem that admitted Judas to the Sanhedrin?
(a) The heroic obstinacy of the Maccabees.
(b) The inelegance of a martyr.
(c) The ostentatiousness of the Verusians.
(d) The pompousness of royalty.

3. When did Claudel die in "The Death of Judas"?
(a) February 1955.
(b) December 1890.
(c) June 1784.
(d) April 1903.

4. Who does Judas begin to visit when he decides he wants to know "the other side of things"?
(a) Pharisees.
(b) Holists.
(c) Oracles.
(d) Soothsayers.

5. Why does Judas say he did what he did to Jesus?
(a) He wanted the silver.
(b) He wanted to see what "He" was up to.
(c) He was tired of Jesus looking over him.
(d) He wanted to gain a higher position with the Romans.

6. What is drawn on the classroom's blackboard in "The Guest"?
(a) The mountain ranges in France.
(b) The plain regions of France.
(c) The vineyards of France.
(d) The four rivers in France.

7. What is the first thing the prodigal son's father does when he sees his son?
(a) Frowns.
(b) Opens his arms.
(c) Cries.
(d) Turns away from him.

8. What does Balducci give Daru as he is leaving the schoolhouse?
(a) An extradition warrant.
(b) Arrest papers.
(c) Money.
(d) A revolver.

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

10. What does the prodigal son first think about after falling out of love with himself?
(a) His mother's face.
(b) Home.
(c) His brothers.
(d) His father's face.

11. Who tells Judas "it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people"?
(a) Philip the Evangelist.
(b) Gideon.
(c) Lucius of Cyrene.
(d) Caiaphas.

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

13. What does the prodigal son say he can still taste, even after partaking of the calf at the feast?
(a) Sweet acorns.
(b) Grugs.
(c) Rat.
(d) Twigs.

14. In "Grand-Lebrun", when does a child's heart become used to looking for God?
(a) When it is warmed.
(b) When it is frozen.
(c) When it is soft.
(d) When it is light.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal's hormones does the doctor prescribe the main character in "The Passer-Through-Walls"?

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

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

4. In remembering his time at Grand-Lebrun, what season is it?

5. What would Mauriac say in front of a mirror?

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