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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 "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," how does Quain react when he does have some artistic success?
(a) He is indifferent: he feels an artist should remain perfectly nuetral to how his work is received.
(b) He is elated and lives a life of literary celebrity.
(c) He is upset and writes some short stories with ruined endings.
(d) He strangely turns criminal and embarks on a life of petty crime.

2. In "The Lottery in Babylon," who sometimes arbitrates the result of a lottery drawing?
(a) A soothsayer who lives atop a mountain.
(b) The king.
(c) The populace does a general vote.
(d) A panel of nine judges.

3. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," who has Dr. Yu arrested?
(a) Dr. Albert, affiliated with the police, handcuffs Yu before he dies.
(b) Richard Madden.
(c) Dr. Yu turns himself in at the police station.
(d) Pierre Menard.

4. 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) Cash prizes.
(c) Various books, from the simplest mechanical manuals to the highest book, one purported to teach its reader how to become immortal.
(d) A new spouse.

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Tlon?
(a) The narrator's term for deja vu.
(b) A fictitious planet described in a mysterious encyclopedia volume.
(c) A food that bestows immortality on those who eat it.
(d) A genius servant, who fools others by pretending to be a simpleton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In "Three Versions of Judas," who is Nils Runeberg?

4. In "Three Versions of Judas," what is the first version of Judas?

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," who first finds an article about Uqbar?

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