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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Artifices, The Secret Miracle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What talent does Ireneo Funes possess?
(a) He always knows the correct time.
(b) He can recite the entire dictionary.
(c) He memorizes encyclopedias.
(d) He can create new languages.

2. What happens to Jaromir Hladik at the end of "The Secret Miracle"?
(a) He escapes, but dies of typhus a few weeks later.
(b) He is executed.
(c) He vanishes with the wind.
(d) He escapes.

3. Where is "The Babylon Lottery" set?
(a) Modern day Iraq.
(b) Ancient Babylon.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Qaphqa.

4. How does Ireneo Funes die?
(a) From a blood clot in his brain.
(b) He is shot.
(c) From heart failure.
(d) By falling out of bed.

5. What does Jaromir Hladik hear in a dream?
(a) He will live forever.
(b) He will change the world.
(c) The wind blowing his name.
(d) He will have the time to finish his play.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are some lottery players imprisoned?

2. When is "The Secret Miracle" set?

3. From what point of view is "The Babylon Lottery" written?

4. How is the lottery unusual?

5. From what point of view is "Funes, The Memorious" written?

(see the answer key)

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