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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the critical work that Ayme wrote?

2. Why does the prodigal son wait until night to go to his father's home?

3. At the time of printing, how many novels had Ayme written?

4. What is the first thing the prodigal son's father does when he sees his son?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dutilleul in "The Passer-Through-Walls."

2. According to the narrator in "Grand-Lebrun," what causes children to look for God?

3. What is the prodigal son planning on saying to his father to get his father to accept him back?

4. Why did Judas have the right to transfer funds into his own personal account?

5. Why is the eldest son harsher than the father is regarding the prodigal son?

6. Describe the sight in "The Guest" that Daru witnessed while he watched the two men come up the mountain to the schoolhouse.

7. Why did Daru have bags of wheat in the schoolhouse?

8. In "Grand-Lebrun," describe the "little old women" in the narrator's story.

9. Why did Dutilleul "show" his power to pass through walls to his superior?

10. Who was "caught" by Jesus, according to Judas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the demolition of the garden affect Jean Bridelle in "The Minuet?" Although not given textually, what does the destruction of the garden represent for the older couple? How do their feelings differ? How are their feelings similar?

Essay Topic 2

Choose three of the stories using the obstacles that the main character faces. What are the obstacles? What are the choices the main character has? What does the main character choose to do? Is the decision moral/just or not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the prophecies in "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler." What were the circumstances under which each of the prophecies was given? What happened because of the prophecies? Did each of the prophecies change the receiver? How? What was the outcome of the prophecies on the story itself?

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