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

2. In "Funes, His Memory," at what age does Funes die?
(a) 19.
(b) 40.
(c) The age of his death is not given.
(d) 21.

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

4. In "The Immortal," the troglodyte who recites poetry to Marcus is what writer?
(a) Homer.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Euripides.

5. In "The Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden," who is Droctulft?
(a) A barbarian who continually runs from battle with Rome.
(b) A barbarian who, at first, strangely defends Rome, but comes to his senses, and attacks it.
(c) A barbarian who battles Rome to his dying day.
(d) A barbarian who once attacked the Roman Empire, and then defends it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Shape of the Sword," John Vincent Moon is a traitor to what ideology?

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

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

4. Which of the following best describes the theme of "Mutations"?

5. In "The Zahir," what is his lover's sister obsessed with?

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