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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," which writer's work is partially a model for the assassination?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Dante.
(d) Coleridge.

2. In "Death and the Compass," where is Dr. Yarmolinsky killed?
(a) A Jewish Talmudic Conference.
(b) A pool hall.
(c) In the streets.
(d) In a horse carriage.

3. In "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim's religious sect hates what things?
(a) Bibles.
(b) Mirrors and copulation.
(c) Knives.
(d) Gloves.

4. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," what work of Quain's is actually successful?
(a) "April March."
(b) "The Lament of Euripides."
(c) "Herbert Quain: Autobiography in Verse."
(d) "Lo, lo, the Westward Crowd."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?

2. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what prompts the protagonist to become a pirate?

3. "The Lottery in Babylon" deals most closely with which theme?

4. In "The Lottery in Babylon," which of these best describes what is drawn for in the lottery?

5. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who or what is Al-Mu'tasim supposed to be?

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