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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Chamber of Statues," where is the king warned not to go?
(a) On a ship.
(b) Russia.
(c) To a bazaar.
(d) The Tower.

2. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," which author is Menard most obsessed with?
(a) William Blake.
(b) Milton.
(c) Cervantes.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. In "The Zahir," what is his lover's sister obsessed with?
(a) A coin.
(b) Hats.
(c) Clouds.
(d) A Blue Tiger.

4. In "The Writing of God," what animal is jailed next to Tzinacan?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A jaguar.
(c) A serpent.
(d) A parrot.

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

6. In "The End," whom is the black man waiting for?
(a) Martin Fierro, the killer of his brother.
(b) Ramon Hadado, the killer of his father.
(c) Edgar Degas, the famous painter.
(d) Juan Cruz, his alter ego.

7. In "The Man on the Threshold," why is Judge Glencairn sent to the location where he disappears?
(a) He is seeing a doctor.
(b) There are riots.
(c) He is going to review some legislation.
(d) He is going to a tryst.

8. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," how does Quain react when he does have some artistic success?
(a) He is upset and writes some short stories with ruined endings.
(b) He is elated and lives a life of literary celebrity.
(c) He strangely turns criminal and embarks on a life of petty crime.
(d) He is indifferent: he feels an artist should remain perfectly nuetral to how his work is received.

9. In "The Immortal," the troglodyte who recites poetry to Marcus is what writer?
(a) Homer.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Euripides.

10. In "Averroes' Search," who is Averroes?
(a) An Islamic philosopher.
(b) An astrologer.
(c) A cartographer.
(d) A shaman.

11. In "The House of Asterion," Asterion kills how many people?
(a) Asterion has killed no one.
(b) It's random.
(c) 100 people a year.
(d) Nine men every nine years.

12. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," who has Dr. Yu arrested?
(a) Dr. Albert, affiliated with the police, handcuffs Yu before he dies.
(b) Pierre Menard.
(c) Richard Madden.
(d) Dr. Yu turns himself in at the police station.

13. In "The Theologians," whose doctrine does Aurelian want to defeat?
(a) John of Pannonia's.
(b) St. Augustine's.
(c) Martin Luther's.
(d) The Pope's.

14. In "The Circular Ruins," other than the sorcerer himself, who knows about the content of his dreams?
(a) No one.
(b) The fire god.
(c) Everyone on earth.
(d) His wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Aleph," why does the narrator lie about the Aleph?

2. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," Kilpatrick participates in his own assassination for which of the following reasons?

3. In "The Zahir," where is the sister of the woman he loves?

4. In "Funes, His Memory," the powers of Funes can best be described as which of the following?

5. In "The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan," where does Bill commit most of his outlaw acts?

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