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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," Kilpatrick participates in his own assassination for which of the following reasons?
(a) His family will be killed if he doesn't go through with it.
(b) He wants to remain a national hero to the Irish.
(c) He has no reason: he has no idea he will be killed.
(d) He wants to commit suicide without his death being on his own hands.

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

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

4. Thematically, "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote" deals most closely with which of the following?
(a) The evils of plagiarism.
(b) The inferiority of the novel as an art form.
(c) Borges's thinly disguised self-hatred.
(d) The nature of literary criticism and the issues surrounding interpretation.

5. In "The Writing of God," how can Tzinacan escape?
(a) With a mysterious hacksaw he finds.
(b) By bribing one corrupt guard.
(c) By reading the fourteen words on the animal beside him.
(d) By reciting the Bible.

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

7. In "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth," after killing his cousin, where does the protagonist sail?
(a) To Australia.
(b) He does not sail.
(c) To England.
(d) To Antarctica.

8. In "The Library of Babel," what would the librarian most like to find?
(a) A book that summarizes all the other books.
(b) His own autobiography, that he suspects he has written, though he can't remember.
(c) A previously undiscovered version of "Macbeth."
(d) A mystical book said to explore God's reasoning for the destruction of the tower of Babel.

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

10. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," what causes Tom's fake identity scheme to fall apart?
(a) Ebenezer Bogle's death.
(b) At the trial, a saavy lawyer produces papers demonstrating Tom can't be who he says he is.
(c) Ebenezer Bogle runs out of ideas for perpetuating the fraud.
(d) The real person, whom Tom was impersonating, returns.

11. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," what work of Quain's is actually successful?
(a) "The Lament of Euripides."
(b) "Herbert Quain: Autobiography in Verse."
(c) "Lo, lo, the Westward Crowd."
(d) "April March."

12. In "Death and the Compass," where is Dr. Yarmolinsky killed?
(a) A pool hall.
(b) In the streets.
(c) A Jewish Talmudic Conference.
(d) In a horse carriage.

13. In "The Lottery in Babylon," who sometimes arbitrates the result of a lottery drawing?
(a) A panel of nine judges.
(b) A soothsayer who lives atop a mountain.
(c) The king.
(d) The populace does a general vote.

14. In "The Theologians," why is John of Pannonia killed?
(a) He dies in war.
(b) He is accused of treason.
(c) He kills himself in despair.
(d) He is labeled a heretic.

15. "The Lottery in Babylon" deals most closely with which theme?
(a) The dangers of gambling addiction.
(b) The role of chance in life.
(c) People should focus on their private selves and avoid the public life.
(d) The misrepresentation of Babylon in The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Emma Zunz," what does Emma pretend to be in order to complete her revenge?

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

3. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?

4. In "A Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874)," what is Tadeo's punishment for killing a man?

5. In "The House of Asterion," Asterion kills how many people?

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