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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 "The Writing of God," how can Tzinacan escape?
(a) By reading the fourteen words on the animal beside him.
(b) By bribing one corrupt guard.
(c) By reciting the Bible.
(d) With a mysterious hacksaw he finds.

2. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wishes to do what?
(a) Write a novel of his own, based on the future adventures of Quixote.
(b) Write a scholarly analysis of Don Quixote.
(c) Rewrite Don Quixote line by line.
(d) Prove that Don Quixote has no place in the canon of literature.

3. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," what does the law student think he has done that causes him to live in exile with India's most wretched populace?
(a) Committed adultery.
(b) Killed a Muslim.
(c) Killed a Hindu.
(d) Committed blasphemy.

4. "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," can best be described as which of the following?
(a) A review of a novel that does not exist.
(b) An satire of the Biblical story of Noah's Ark.
(c) An adventure story.
(d) A comedy.

5. In "The Writing of God," what animal is jailed next to Tzinacan?
(a) A serpent.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A jaguar.
(d) A parrot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Tlon?

2. In "The Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden," what is the attitude of the English woman who has married an Indian?

3. In "The Theologians," whose doctrine does Aurelian want to defeat?

4. Which of the following best describes "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth"?

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

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