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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 "Death and the Compass," what character flaw leads Lonnrot to his death?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Intellectual pride.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Drunkenness.

2. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," Quain's work can best be described as which of the following?
(a) Bizarrely structured, and based on outrageous and esoteric themes.
(b) Straightforward.
(c) Seemingly pornographic, but with a religious message embedded within.
(d) Coded to teach medical students how to perform surgery.

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

4. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," what work of Quain's is actually successful?
(a) "Lo, lo, the Westward Crowd."
(b) "Herbert Quain: Autobiography in Verse."
(c) "The Lament of Euripides."
(d) "April March."

5. In "The Cult of the Phoenix," what is the Cult of the Phoenix?
(a) A group devoted to the study of mythology.
(b) A group that imagines they have exact counterparts in Arizona.
(c) A bird watching group, with their own language derived from the names of birds.
(d) A shadowy religious sect.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The End," whom is the black man waiting for?

2. In "The Library of Babel," what is the central shape that the library is based upon?"

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

4. "The Lottery in Babylon" deals most closely with which theme?

5. In "Funes, His Memory," the powers of Funes can best be described as which of the following?

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