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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Maker: Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Parable of Cervantes and Don Quixote," Cervantes can best be described as which of the following?
(a) Unaware of the future recognition of his fictional character, Don Quixote.
(b) Insane.
(c) Despondent, for he believes art is useless.
(d) Young and arrogant.

2. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," which author is Menard most obsessed with?
(a) Milton.
(b) Cervantes.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," which writer's work is partially a model for the assassination?
(a) Dante.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Coleridge.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Orbis Tertius?
(a) The narrator's award for Latin, that he received in college.
(b) Herbert Ashe's code name.
(c) The trade name for a secret society that describes Tlon and Uqbar.
(d) An undiscovered number.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth," Sa'id tells the preacher that he is afraid of what?

2. In "The Zahir," how does the narrator rid himself of the coin?

3. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," what does the historian, Ryan, do when he discovers the truth behind the assassination?

4. In "Averroes' Search," what happens to Averroes at the end?

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

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