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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. Which American President is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Garfield.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) McKinley.

2. Why does Ireneo Funes feel that language is futile?
(a) It is too full of contradictions.
(b) There are not enough differing words to describe objects.
(c) No one knows how to converse anymore.
(d) People do not listen when others speak.

3. What is the Sect of the Phoenix?
(a) A temple.
(b) A Chamber of Commerce.
(c) A school.
(d) A secret organization.

4. In "Death and the Compass," why do the police believe the rabbi was murdered?
(a) He offended a group of religious people.
(b) As part of a hate crime.
(c) As part of a botched robbery.
(d) As part of a crime of passion.

5. Who is Nils Runeberg?
(a) A watch maker.
(b) A scholar and theologian.
(c) A baker and theologian.
(d) A fictitious writer of biblical theories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jaromir Hladik at the end of "The Secret Miracle"?

2. Who is Fergus Kilpatrick?

3. How does Fergus Kilpatrick die?

4. Who is Jaromir Hladik?

5. Who is Erik Lonnrot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is "Three Versions of Judas" designed to deceive the reader?

2. In "Theme of the Traitor and Hero," why are the details of Ryan's great-grandfather's death obscured?

3. Who is the traitor scheduled for execution in "Theme of the Traitor and Hero"?

4. What irony is evident in the membership of the Sect of the Phoenix?

5. In "The End," why do the black man and the stranger fight?

6. How is Fergus Kilpatrick both a traitor and a hero?

7. What discovery does Erik Lonnrot make about the murders at the fourth crime scene?

8. What theory does Erik Lonnrot have about the murders in "Death and the Compass"?

9. Describe Ireneo Funes.

10. How does Erik Lonnrot discover the location of the fourth murder?

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