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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 Uncivil Teacher of Court Etiquette Kotsuke no Suke," what is the lord of Ako supposed to do as punishment for slashing Kotsuke no Suke with a sword?
(a) Commit suicide by hari-kari.
(b) Cut off his hand and feed the pieces to the Emperor's Koi.
(c) Convert to Christianity.
(d) Be imprisoned in a dungeon for twenty years.

2. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who or what is Al-Mu'tasim supposed to be?
(a) An magnificent oasis.
(b) An obscure language.
(c) A sect of Islam.
(d) A holy man.

3. In "Borges and I," who are the two characters?
(a) Borges and an unknown narrator.
(b) Borges and Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Borges and his character John Vincent Moon.
(d) Borges the writer, and the personal Borges.

4. Which of the following best describes "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth"?
(a) It is a comedy meant to amuse children.
(b) It is intendend as a precise moral lesson, with unambiguous instruction.
(c) It is realistic.
(d) It is a fantasy story that requires a suspension of disbelief.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The South," what is Dahlmann challenged to do outside a bar?

2. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," which author is Menard most obsessed with?

3. In "The Man on the Threshold," how is the story the narrator hears relevant?

4. In "The Secret Miracle," how is Hladik eventually killed?

5. In "Averroes' Search," who is Averroes?

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