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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 "Death and the Compass," where is Dr. Yarmolinsky killed?
(a) In the streets.
(b) In a horse carriage.
(c) A pool hall.
(d) A Jewish Talmudic Conference.

2. In "In Memoriam, JFK," JFK's assassination is similar to what event?
(a) An assassination that occurs in a mirror in a labyrinth.
(b) The details of an O'Henry short story.
(c) The murder of the President of Uruguay in 1897.
(d) The exact same event on an alternate planet.

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

4. 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 wants to commit suicide without his death being on his own hands.
(d) He has no reason: he has no idea he will be killed.

5. In "Museum--On Exactitude in Science," how big are the maps of the Empire?
(a) They can only be seen with microscopes.
(b) As big as the Empire.
(c) The size of stamps.
(d) The size of regular maps.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Three Versions of Judas," what is the first version of Judas?

2. In "The Zahir," what is his lover's sister obsessed with?

3. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what occupation does Ching decide on, after she gives up pirating?

4. In "Everything and Nothing," which of the following best describes Shakespeare?

5. In "The Writing of God," what happens to Tzinacan?

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