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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities," Eastman does what after serving ten years in prison?
(a) He runs a casino.
(b) He quickly gets arrested again and serves ten more years.
(c) He leaves his life of crime to become a street preacher.
(d) Joins the army and fights in France against Germany.

2. In "The Lottery in Babylon," which of these best describes what is drawn for in the lottery?
(a) Various books, from the simplest mechanical manuals to the highest book, one purported to teach its reader how to become immortal.
(b) A new spouse.
(c) Anything from a new occupation to jail or even death.
(d) Cash prizes.

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," who first finds an article about Uqbar?
(a) Herbert Ashe.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Bioy Casares.
(d) Tlon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," which writer's work is partially a model for the assassination?

2. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does Rosendo do after the fight with the Yardmaster?

3. In "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities," what does Eastman do to become a bouncer?

4. In "Funes, His Memory," what does the narrator lend Funes?

5. What does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?

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