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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 does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) He is a jaguar.
(b) Dreams aren't that important.
(c) He has been sleeping too much.
(d) That he himself is a dream.

2. In "Death and the Compass," what character flaw leads Lonnrot to his death?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Intellectual pride.
(c) Drunkenness.
(d) Stupidity.

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

4. In "The Circular Ruins," what does the sorcerer do in his dreams?
(a) Meets the most beautiful woman alive.
(b) Rules the world.
(c) Creates a man.
(d) Turns into an eagle.

5. In "The Gospel According to Mark," what does Baltasar do with the Gutres' English Bible?
(a) Steals it and sells it.
(b) Hides it from them.
(c) Translates it into Spanish.
(d) Uses it to prove the Bible's many historical errors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Undr," what does Ulf do to avoid execution?

2. In "The Man on the Threshold," what is suspected of all the people who are celebrating?

3. In "The Theologians," whose doctrine does Aurelian want to defeat?

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

5. In "A Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874)," what happens to Tadeo's attitude toward the fugitive he pursues?

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