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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Brodie's Report: Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Wait," where does Villari fear he has been recognized?
(a) At a bullfight.
(b) In a bar.
(c) On the street.
(d) At the dentist.

2. In "Funes, His Memory," what does the narrator lend Funes?
(a) A book believed to be written by John Milton.
(b) A book on ornithology.
(c) A magnifying glass.
(d) Some Latin books.

3. In "The Wait," why does Senor Villari only go out at night?
(a) He works at night and is too exhausted to go out during the day.
(b) He has a skin condition that prevents him from going into sunlight.
(c) He is a serious drinker who is hungover during the days.
(d) He is a fugitive.

4. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," Kilpatrick participates in his own assassination for which of the following reasons?
(a) His family will be killed if he doesn't go through with it.
(b) He wants to remain a national hero to the Irish.
(c) He has no reason: he has no idea he will be killed.
(d) He wants to commit suicide without his death being on his own hands.

5. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," what does the historian, Ryan, do when he discovers the truth behind the assassination?
(a) He runs for office in Ireland.
(b) He villifies Kilpatrick and writes a polemic against him.
(c) He stages his own assassination.
(d) He withholds the truth and writes a book in praise of Kilpatrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," which writer's work is partially a model for the assassination?

2. In "Juan Murana," what is the name the aunt uses for the knife that kills the landlord?

3. In "Funes, His Memory," how is Funes crippled?

4. In "Funes, His Memory," at what age does Funes die?

5. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?

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