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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. In "Legend," what does Abel do to Cain?
(a) He flees from his presence.
(b) He murders Cain.
(c) He never sees him, as Cain is in Hell.
(d) He forgives him.

2. In "The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths," what happens to the imprisoned King of Babylon?
(a) He lives a harsh, but long, life in his prison.
(b) A wizard turns him into a bird and he flies away.
(c) He dies of hunger and thirst.
(d) He escapes.

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

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

5. In "The Wizard that was Made to Wait," what does the church dean do with the magic he learns?
(a) He becomes a sultan in Turkey.
(b) He becomes the richest man on earth.
(c) He does nothing--he is content to be a dean, with the knowledge of his magic.
(d) He beomes Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Other Death," what does the Colonel say of Pedro Damian?

2. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," Quain's work can best be described as which of the following?

3. In "The Other Death," how does the author suggest that Damian could be both a hero and a coward?

4. In "Avelino Arredondo," to what does Avelino belong?

5. In "The Writing of God," what animal is jailed next to Tzinacan?

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