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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Emma Zunz," where does Emma get a gun?
(a) She has it in her purse.
(b) It is hidden in the bathroom.
(c) In Lowenthal's desk.
(d) A man on a street corner gives it to her.

2. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," what stops Lazarus from completing his sinister plans?
(a) He has a moral awakening.
(b) Illness and death.
(c) An upright uncle shows him the folly of his ways.
(d) He decides to become a politcian.

3. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," which writer's work is partially a model for the assassination?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Dante.
(d) Coleridge.

4. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does Rosendo do after the fight with the Yardmaster?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He opens a shop that sells weapons.
(c) He becomes friends with the Yardmaster.
(d) He dies.

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

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

7. In "A Theologian in Death," Melancthon believes that salvation is achieved in what way?
(a) He does not believe salvation is possible.
(b) Through living virtuously.
(c) Through faith alone.
(d) By giving up all of one's possessions.

8. In "Story of the Two Dreamers," what does the man's dream tell him?
(a) He will make money in Persia.
(b) He will become a priest who doesn't believe in God.
(c) He will marry a princess.
(d) He will die in battle.

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

10. In "The Immortal," which of the following best describes the result of attaining immortality?
(a) It is pure torture; humans truthfully crave their own death.
(b) Because man's life is no longer finite, he loses motivation, and degenerates into a base creature.
(c) It does not really change anything.
(d) It is wonderful, for wisdom and pleasure can be endlessly pursued.

11. In "The South," where does Dahlmann go after he recovers from an illness?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Peru.
(c) The United States.
(d) His ranch house.

12. In "Three Versions of Judas," what is the third version of Judas?
(a) The same traitorous version as the Bible.
(b) He is God.
(c) He was not actually involved in the Bible.
(d) He is the human side of Jesus.

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

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

15. Which of the following best describes "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth"?
(a) It is realistic.
(b) It is intendend as a precise moral lesson, with unambiguous instruction.
(c) It is a comedy meant to amuse children.
(d) It is a fantasy story that requires a suspension of disbelief.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Mirror of Ink," what happens to the ruler from prying too deeply into a vision?

2. "The Lottery in Babylon" deals most closely with which theme?

3. In "The Man on the Threshold," why is Judge Glencairn sent to the location where he disappears?

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

5. In "Funes, His Memory," at what age does Funes die?

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