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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 "Funes, His Memory," what does the narrator lend Funes?
(a) A book believed to be written by John Milton.
(b) A magnifying glass.
(c) Some Latin books.
(d) A book on ornithology.

2. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," what does the historian, Ryan, do when he discovers the truth behind the assassination?
(a) He runs for office in Ireland.
(b) He stages his own assassination.
(c) He withholds the truth and writes a book in praise of Kilpatrick.
(d) He villifies Kilpatrick and writes a polemic against him.

3. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does the Yardmaster challenge Rosendo to?
(a) A duel with pistols.
(b) A knife fight.
(c) A wrestling match.
(d) A foot race.

4. In "The Other Death," how does the author suggest that Damian could be both a hero and a coward?
(a) He doesn't; Damian is portrayed as strictly a hero.
(b) He conveys how Damian would run, then fight, run, then fight, continuously during the battle.
(c) He doesn't; Damian is portrayed as only a coward.
(d) Though he fled from the battlefield, 40 years later on his deathbed, Damian, through a miracle, wills himself to be a hero.

5. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," who convinces Tom to create a fake identity?
(a) Lady Tichbourne.
(b) Tom gets the idea himself.
(c) Lady Tichbourne's son.
(d) Ebenezer Bogle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Legend," what does Abel do to Cain?

2. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," who first finds an article about Uqbar?

3. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," what does the law student think he has done that causes him to live in exile with India's most wretched populace?

4. In "Deutsches Requiem," what group does Otto join?

5. In "The House of Asterion," Asterion is what mythological creature?

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