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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 "Three Versions of Judas," what is the third version of Judas?
(a) He was not actually involved in the Bible.
(b) He is the human side of Jesus.
(c) The same traitorous version as the Bible.
(d) He is God.

2. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does Rosendo do after the fight with the Yardmaster?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He dies.
(c) He opens a shop that sells weapons.
(d) He becomes friends with the Yardmaster.

3. In "The Library of Babel," what would the librarian most like to find?
(a) A book that summarizes all the other books.
(b) A previously undiscovered version of "Macbeth."
(c) His own autobiography, that he suspects he has written, though he can't remember.
(d) A mystical book said to explore God's reasoning for the destruction of the tower of Babel.

4. In "Funes, His Memory," how is Funes crippled?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He falls from a roof.
(c) A horseback riding injury.
(d) A bookcase of heavy books topples on him.

5. In "The Lottery in Babylon," which of these best describes what is drawn for in the lottery?
(a) Anything from a new occupation to jail or even death.
(b) A new spouse.
(c) Cash prizes.
(d) Various books, from the simplest mechanical manuals to the highest book, one purported to teach its reader how to become immortal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Shape of the Sword," what is the defining physical characteristic of John Vincent Moon?

2. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wishes to do what?

3. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," why does Dr. Yu murder Dr. Albert?

4. In "The Cult of the Phoenix," what objects are involved in their rituals?

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

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