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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. How is the lottery unusual?
(a) A new drawing after the death of the previous lottery winner.
(b) Winners are sent into exile.
(c) People trade food for lottery tickets.
(d) There are adverse outcomes for some players.

2. From what point of view is "Funes, The Memorious" written?
(a) Second person omniscient.
(b) Third person.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

3. What is exchanged for bits of bone or decorated parchment in "The Babylon Lottery"?
(a) Money.
(b) Tickets.
(c) Food.
(d) Freedom.

4. In "The Babylon Lottery," which characters first sponsor the lottery?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Bankers.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Barbers.

5. Why does the narrator visit Ireneo Funes before returning home?
(a) To give him a coat.
(b) To retrieve his books.
(c) To say goodbye.
(d) To retrieve his scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jaromir Hladik's unfinished play?

2. When is "The Secret Miracle" set?

3. What does Jaromir Hladik hear in a dream?

4. Why are some lottery players imprisoned?

5. What is the "secret miracle" that Jaromir Hladik experiences?

(see the answer key)

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