1. In "Legend," what does Abel do to Cain?
(a) He forgives him.
(b) He never sees him, as Cain is in Hell.
(c) He flees from his presence.
(d) He murders Cain.

2. In "The Other," who does a 70-year-old Borges converse with?
(a) An 18year-old version of himself.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) His immortal soul.
(d) Virgil.

3. In "The House of Asterion," Asterion is what mythological creature?
(a) Centaur.
(b) Cyclops.
(c) A Minotaur.
(d) Satyr.

4. In "The Theologians," what best describes Borges's characterization of theological disputes?
(a) They are absurd, contradictory, and essentially lead to madness.
(b) They are necessary and useful means of achieving immutable truth.
(c) They are clear-cut: there is a good side and a bad side.
(d) They are pleasant means of expressing one's ideas.

5. In "The South," what is Dahlmann challenged to do outside a bar?
(a) Recite poetry.
(b) Win at horseshoes.
(c) Wrestle.
(d) Have a knife fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Uncivil Teacher of Court Etiquette Kotsuke no Suke," what is the lord of Ako supposed to do as punishment for slashing Kotsuke no Suke with a sword?

2. In "Parable of the Palace," why does the Emperor execute the poet?

3. In "Inferno, I, 32," what does God tell Dante in a dream?

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

5. In "Funes, His Memory," at what age does Funes die?

(see the answer key)

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