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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Artifices: Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Funes, His Memory," the powers of Funes can best be described as which of the following?
(a) Inconsequential: Funes might remember everything, but goes about his usual daily life.
(b) Maddening: from the onset of his heightened memory, Funes is simply stark, raving mad.
(c) Extremely useful: Funes makes an excellent living using the powers of his mind.
(d) A mixed blessing--he can do things such as easily learn languages, but he is also trapped by this glut of information.

2. In "Funes, His Memory," what does the narrator lend Funes?
(a) Some Latin books.
(b) A book believed to be written by John Milton.
(c) A magnifying glass.
(d) A book on ornithology.

3. In "Three Versions of Judas," what is the first version of Judas?
(a) He was not actually involved in the Bible.
(b) He is God.
(c) The same traitorous version as the Bible.
(d) He is the human side of Jesus.

4. In "Story of the Two Dreamers," what does the man's dream tell him?
(a) He will become a priest who doesn't believe in God.
(b) He will marry a princess.
(c) He will make money in Persia.
(d) He will die in battle.

5. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wishes to do what?
(a) Prove that Don Quixote has no place in the canon of literature.
(b) Write a scholarly analysis of Don Quixote.
(c) Rewrite Don Quixote line by line.
(d) Write a novel of his own, based on the future adventures of Quixote.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," which author is Menard most obsessed with?

2. In "Three Versions of Judas," who is Nils Runeberg?

3. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," Quain writes one of his books based on which of the following?

4. Thematically, "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote" deals most closely with which of the following?

5. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," what does the historian, Ryan, do when he discovers the truth behind the assassination?

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