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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 "Delia Elena San Marco," what does the narrator wonder after the death of his beloved?
(a) Why he ever loved her in the first place.
(b) Whether he can speak to her soul again.
(c) If she secretly despised him.
(d) If her death was more painful than she let on.

2. In "The Zahir," where is the sister of the woman he loves?
(a) Travelling in Argentina.
(b) A mental hospital.
(c) A convent.
(d) Prison.

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

4. 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 Hindu.
(c) Committed blasphemy.
(d) Killed a Muslim.

5. Which of the following best describes the theme of "Mutations"?
(a) Objects used for death often become symbols for different things.
(b) Writing will become superfluous because people will communicate telepathically.
(c) Mankind will change into something radically different because of scientific experiments.
(d) The connotations of words are extremely hard to alter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death and the Compass," where is Dr. Yarmolinsky killed?

2. In "The Dead Man," who does Otalora want to replace as leader of the gang?

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

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

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

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