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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 Secret Miracle," what happens to extend Hladik's life for a time?
(a) Due to a paperwork mistake, another man is killed instead of Hladik, and the mistake is not uncovered for some time.
(b) The Nazi's decide to postpone the execution.
(c) Hladik is able to escape for a while.
(d) God freezes time for a year.

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

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

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

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," who first finds an article about Uqbar?
(a) Bioy Casares.
(b) Tlon.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Herbert Ashe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Mahomed's Double," what happens when the Muslims see a vision of Mohamed?

2. In "The Secret Miracle," why is Hladik truly upset that he will be executed?

3. In "Funes, His Memory," what does the narrator lend Funes?

4. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," which writer's work is partially a model for the assassination?

5. 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?

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