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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Maker: Part IV, In Praise of Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths," what is the labyrinth in which the King of Babylon is imprisoned?
(a) A ship on the ocean.
(b) A huge forest.
(c) A maze of steel corridors.
(d) A desert.

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

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

4. In "The Secret Miracle," how is Hladik eventually killed?
(a) He is given a pill.
(b) He is gassed.
(c) He is hung.
(d) He is shot by a firing squad.

5. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what prompts the protagonist to become a pirate?
(a) She is obsessed with the works of Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) After knitting a pirate flag, she strangely decides she has to actually use it.
(c) She is brainwashed by another pirate.
(d) The murder of her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?

2. In "The Plot," a gaucho's murder is similar to the murder of what famous figure?

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

4. In "Pedro Salvadores," Pedro belongs to which party?

5. In "The Mirror of Ink," what does the ruler want the sorcerer to show him?

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