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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Aleph: Part III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Dead Man," who does Otalora want to replace as leader of the gang?
(a) Suarez.
(b) Bandeira.
(c) Pancho Villa.
(d) A beautiful, red-haired woman.

2. Which of the following best describes "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth"?
(a) It is realistic.
(b) It is a fantasy story that requires a suspension of disbelief.
(c) It is a comedy meant to amuse children.
(d) It is intendend as a precise moral lesson, with unambiguous instruction.

3. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?
(a) He is actually the very same man who tells the narrator the story of Moon's treachery.
(b) He has died years back.
(c) He became a politican in Ireland.
(d) He never existed.

4. In "The Shape of the Sword," John Vincent Moon is a traitor to what ideology?
(a) Manichaeism.
(b) The cause of Irish independence.
(c) Gnosticism.
(d) Women's rights.

5. In "The Theologians," whose doctrine does Aurelian want to defeat?
(a) The Pope's.
(b) John of Pannonia's.
(c) St. Augustine's.
(d) Martin Luther's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Lottery in Babylon," who sometimes arbitrates the result of a lottery drawing?

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

3. In "The Secret Miracle," how is Hladik eventually killed?

4. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," what does the law student think he has done that causes him to live in exile with India's most wretched populace?

5. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," why does Dr. Yu murder Dr. Albert?

(see the answer key)

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