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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 "Averroes' Search," what happens to Averroes at the end?
(a) He converts to Judaism.
(b) He looks into a mirror and disappears.
(c) He condemns Aristotle as a "savage."
(d) He drowns.

2. In "The Immortal," what is Marcus's profession?
(a) Soothsayer.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Poet.
(d) Roman legionnairre.

3. In "The Zahir," how does the narrator rid himself of the coin?
(a) He loses it.
(b) He never gets rid of it.
(c) He puts it in a bowl of coins to forget the original.
(d) He spends it.

4. In "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth," after killing his cousin, where does the protagonist sail?
(a) To Antarctica.
(b) To England.
(c) He does not sail.
(d) To Australia.

5. In "The Writing of God," what happens to Tzinacan?
(a) He tunnels his way out of his cell.
(b) He achieves unity with the Divine and destroys his prison.
(c) He is attacked by the wild animal next to him, and is killed.
(d) He achieves unity with the Divine and happily remains imprisoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Plot," a gaucho's murder is similar to the murder of what famous figure?

2. In "The Immortal," which of the following best describes the result of attaining immortality?

3. In "Delia Elena San Marco," what does the narrator wonder after the death of his beloved?

4. In "The Circular Ruins," other than the sorcerer himself, who knows about the content of his dreams?

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," who first finds an article about Uqbar?

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