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

2. In "The Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden," who is Droctulft?
(a) A barbarian who continually runs from battle with Rome.
(b) A barbarian who battles Rome to his dying day.
(c) A barbarian who once attacked the Roman Empire, and then defends it.
(d) A barbarian who, at first, strangely defends Rome, but comes to his senses, and attacks it.

3. In "Borges and I," who are the two characters?
(a) Borges and his character John Vincent Moon.
(b) Borges the writer, and the personal Borges.
(c) Borges and an unknown narrator.
(d) Borges and Edgar Allan Poe.

4. In "Deutsches Requiem," what group does Otto join?
(a) An association of atheists.
(b) The French Resistance.
(c) The Stalinists.
(d) The Nazi party.

5. In "The Other Death," how does the author suggest that Damian could be both a hero and a coward?
(a) He conveys how Damian would run, then fight, run, then fight, continuously during the battle.
(b) He doesn't; Damian is portrayed as only a coward.
(c) Though he fled from the battlefield, 40 years later on his deathbed, Damian, through a miracle, wills himself to be a hero.
(d) He doesn't; Damian is portrayed as strictly a hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," Quain writes one of his books based on which of the following?

2. In "Museum--On Exactitude in Science," how big are the maps of the Empire?

3. In "The Man on the Threshold," how is the story the narrator hears relevant?

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

5. In "Story of the Two Dreamers," what does the man's dream tell him?

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