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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 public beach.
(c) It is a feast day.
(d) It is the celebration of "El Día de los Muertos".

2. What story made Maupassant famous?
(a) "Bel-Ami".
(b) "Boule de Suif".
(c) "Fort comme la mort".
(d) "Deux Amis".

3. Who tells Julian's father of the prophecy of his son?
(a) An angel.
(b) A strange beggar.
(c) A demon.
(d) A homeless hermit.

4. What happened to the garden in "Minuet"?
(a) It has been demolished.
(b) It is still the same as it was two years before.
(c) It has been turned into a church.
(d) It has been turned into a dance studio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator in "The Old Clown" compare those yelling out "witticisms and jokes of a solid heavy humor"?

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

3. What is the lack of maternal love compared to in "The Rope"?

4. Where is Maupassant from?

5. What is Jean Bridelle's most cherished pleasure?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "The Old Clown," why were people "sprawled everywhere?"

3. Why did people dislike Desplein?

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

5. Why was Micromegas impressed by the secretary of the Academy of Saturn?

6. Why was Micromegas condemned?

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

8. Describe the type of friend that Horace Bianchon was.

9. In "The Rope," why did the mother of the boy who committed suicide come to the narrator's home?

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

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