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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Book of Sand: Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Theologians," what do the Monotoni believe?
(a) Everything in history repeats itself.
(b) Nothing in history truly repeats itself.
(c) Good works, and not faith, are the path to salvation.
(d) God is malevolent.

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

3. In "The Other Death," what does the Colonel say of Pedro Damian?
(a) He was not at the battle.
(b) He shot three of his own men.
(c) He was a hero.
(d) He was a coward who ran from the battlefield.

4. In "The Congress," why does the Congress fall apart?
(a) All its members mysteriously fall ill.
(b) Its founder goes bankrupt.
(c) It is disbanded by some Socialists.
(d) Internal political battles ruin it.

5. In "Averroes' Search," who is Averroes?
(a) A shaman.
(b) An astrologer.
(c) An Islamic philosopher.
(d) A cartographer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Averroes' Search," what happens to Averroes at the end?

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

3. In "The Sect of Thirty," the sect worships which Biblical figure?

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

5. In "The Duel," though friends, Clara and Marta compete at what activity?

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