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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Averroes' Search," what happens to Averroes at the end?
(a) He looks into a mirror and disappears.
(b) He converts to Judaism.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He condemns Aristotle as a "savage."

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

3. What does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) That he himself is a dream.
(b) He has been sleeping too much.
(c) Dreams aren't that important.
(d) He is a jaguar.

4. In "Three Versions of Judas," what is the third version of Judas?
(a) The same traitorous version as the Bible.
(b) He is God.
(c) He is the human side of Jesus.
(d) He was not actually involved in the Bible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Averroes' Search," what concept or concepts can Averroes not comprehend?

2. In "The Cult of the Phoenix," what is the Cult of the Phoenix?

3. In "Funes, His Memory," how is Funes crippled?

4. In "The Lottery in Babylon," which of these best describes what is drawn for in the lottery?

5. In "Emma Zunz," why did Emma's father commit suicide?

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