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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," Kilpatrick participates in his own assassination for which of the following reasons?
(a) His family will be killed if he doesn't go through with it.
(b) He wants to remain a national hero to the Irish.
(c) He has no reason: he has no idea he will be killed.
(d) He wants to commit suicide without his death being on his own hands.

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

3. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does Rosendo do after the fight with the Yardmaster?
(a) He dies.
(b) He becomes friends with the Yardmaster.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He opens a shop that sells weapons.

4. In "The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan," where does Bill commit most of his outlaw acts?
(a) New York City.
(b) The Wild West.
(c) Australia.
(d) Europe.

5. In "The Theologians," whose doctrine does Aurelian want to defeat?
(a) Martin Luther's.
(b) The Pope's.
(c) St. Augustine's.
(d) John of Pannonia's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," what causes Tom's fake identity scheme to fall apart?

2. In "The Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden," what is the attitude of the English woman who has married an Indian?

3. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does the Yardmaster challenge Rosendo to?

4. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wishes to do what?

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

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