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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are people sprawled everywhere in "The Old Clown"?
(a) It is "The Day of St. Thorlakur".
(b) It is a feast day.
(c) It is the celebration of "El Día de los Muertos".
(d) It is a public beach.

2. What does Micromegas decide to do with his time of exile?
(a) Search for his family.
(b) Vacation on Mars only.
(c) Travel the universe.
(d) Start a family.

3. What is Desplein renowned for in "The Mass of the Atheist"?
(a) Being a famous eye doctor.
(b) Being an expert and skillfull surgeon.
(c) Being a disbarred doctor.
(d) Being the most unethical doctor in the land.

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

5. Upon finding Earth, what does Micromegas think is the dominant life-form on Earth?
(a) Lizards.
(b) Bees.
(c) Whales.
(d) Elephants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "une maniere de sentir" mean?

2. What is laying on the grass next to the boy behind the iron gate?

3. What planet is Micromegas from?

4. What happened to the boy while the storyteller from "The Rope" was away on business?

5. What does Julian do for the leper that he comes across at his job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the old clown.

2. What does Jean Bridelle see the old man doing in the garden?

3. Why are the secretary and the other men of his planet upset with the small number (72) of senses that they have in "Micromegas?"

4. Why is Horace surprised that Desplein attended a mass?

5. How did the curse of the stag come to be true in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler?"

6. Describe how Desplein saw the earth.

7. What do the men on the ship tell Micromegas and the Saturnian their time is spent doing?

8. Describe the circumstances surrounding Julian's first murder.

9. Why is Micromegas and the Saturnian surprised by the men on the ship?

10. Explain the prophecy and circumstances that Julian's mother heard of his future in "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitaler."

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