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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. In "A Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874)," what is the name of the fugitive Tadeo pursues?
(a) Geronimo.
(b) In a Borges existential twist, he is pursuing himself.
(c) Martin Fierro.
(d) The Man With No Name.

2. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who or what is Al-Mu'tasim supposed to be?
(a) An obscure language.
(b) A holy man.
(c) A sect of Islam.
(d) An magnificent oasis.

3. In "The Man on the Threshold," why is Judge Glencairn sent to the location where he disappears?
(a) He is going to review some legislation.
(b) There are riots.
(c) He is seeing a doctor.
(d) He is going to a tryst.

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

5. In "The Other Death," what does the Colonel say of Pedro Damian?
(a) He was not at the battle.
(b) He was a hero.
(c) He shot three of his own men.
(d) He was a coward who ran from the battlefield.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth," after killing his cousin, where does the protagonist sail?

3. Which of the following best describes "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth"?

4. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," what stops Lazarus from completing his sinister plans?

5. In "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim's religious sect hates what things?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Funes, His Memory," is Funes's prodigious memory a good thing or a bad thing?

2. In "The Zahir," what is a possible reason for the narrator becoming obsessed with the coin?

3. In "Emma Zunz," how does Emma exact revenge on Lowenthal for her father's death?

4. In "A Theologian in Death," what is Melancthon's doctrine and what are the implications of this doctrine?

5. In "A Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874)," what makes Tadeo decide to fight for Martin Fierro, the man he pursues?

6. In "Monk Eastman Purveyor of Iniquities," what first stops Monk's criminal life of violence, and then what allows him to continue this violence in a new form?

7. In "The Immortal," what is the result of immortality?

8. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," why is Herbert upset at the success of "April March"?

9. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wants to rewrite Cervantes' novel word for word. Why does he want to pursue such an exercise in seeming futility?

10. In "The Aleph," what is the narrator's attitude toward Carlos Argentino?

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