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

2. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Orbis Tertius?
(a) The narrator's award for Latin, that he received in college.
(b) An undiscovered number.
(c) The trade name for a secret society that describes Tlon and Uqbar.
(d) Herbert Ashe's code name.

3. In "The South," where does Dahlmann go after he recovers from an illness?
(a) The United States.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Peru.
(d) His ranch house.

4. In "Funes, His Memory," what does the narrator lend Funes?
(a) A book believed to be written by John Milton.
(b) Some Latin books.
(c) A book on ornithology.
(d) A magnifying glass.

5. What does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) That he himself is a dream.
(b) Dreams aren't that important.
(c) He has been sleeping too much.
(d) He is a jaguar.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In "The End," what instrument does the black man play outside Recabarren's bar?

5. In "The Lottery in Babylon," who sometimes arbitrates the result of a lottery drawing?

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