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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Mirror of Ink," what does the ruler want the sorcerer to show him?
(a) The secret activities of another ruler.
(b) The fate of his wife.
(c) The face of a man who is to be executed.
(d) The winner of a horse race.

2. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?
(a) He never existed.
(b) He is actually the very same man who tells the narrator the story of Moon's treachery.
(c) He has died years back.
(d) He became a politican in Ireland.

3. In "The South," what is Dahlmann challenged to do outside a bar?
(a) Have a knife fight.
(b) Recite poetry.
(c) Wrestle.
(d) Win at horseshoes.

4. In "The Secret Miracle," why is Hladik truly upset that he will be executed?
(a) His execution goes against the words of a fortuneteller, who predicted he'd live to be 100.
(b) He is no more upset than any normal man who is facing his own death.
(c) He has unresolved issues with his wife.
(d) He has not finished his play, "The Enemies."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," Kilpatrick participates in his own assassination for which of the following reasons?

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

3. In "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim is revealed to have what disease?

4. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," how does Quain react when he does have some artistic success?

5. What does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?

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