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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the event in "The Elderly Lady"?
(a) Her 90th birthday.
(b) The Day of the Dead.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Her 100th birthday.

2. In "Argumentum Ornitholicum," if the number of birds is indefinite, what is implied?
(a) God exists.
(b) God does not exist.
(c) The end of the world is at hand.
(d) Math has no use.

3. What idea is the main concern of "Paradiso, XXXI, 108"?
(a) Experiencing and seeing God.
(b) Putting forth an analysis of Dante.
(c) Giving a detailed description of Heaven.
(d) The absolute misery of life.

4. In "The Aleph," why does the narrator lie about the Aleph?
(a) He is a compulsive liar.
(b) He thinks knowledge of the Aleph would drive lesser minds insane.
(c) He wants to exploit the Aleph and make money, so he doesn't want anybody to know about it yet.
(d) He is jealous.

5. In "The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan," who shoots Bill?
(a) An Apache warrior.
(b) Another outlaw.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) The Deputy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The End," what instrument does the black man play outside Recabarren's bar?

2. In "The Ethnographer," what does Fred Murdock do with the secret he learns from the Indians?

3. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what does the second Imperial fleet do when they encounter Ching?

4. 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?

5. In "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities," Eastman does what after serving ten years in prison?

(see the answer key)

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