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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," Quain writes one of his books based on which of the following?
(a) More adventures for Sherlock Holmes.
(b) Mathematical construction.
(c) The migration of snowy egrets.
(d) Geology.

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

6. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what does the second Imperial fleet do when they encounter Ching?
(a) Immediately attack.
(b) Join forces with Ching.
(c) Send over dragon kites with symbolic decorations.
(d) Flee from Ching's fleet.

7. In "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth," Sa'id tells the preacher that he is afraid of what?
(a) Death at the hands of the ghost of Ibn-Hakam.
(b) Being burned to death.
(c) Losing his treasure through gambling.
(d) Being arrested.

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

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

10. In "The Mirror of Ink," what does the ruler want the sorcerer to show him?
(a) The secret activities of another ruler.
(b) The fate of his wife.
(c) The winner of a horse race.
(d) The face of a man who is to be executed.

11. In "The Cult of the Phoenix," what is the Cult of the Phoenix?
(a) A group that imagines they have exact counterparts in Arizona.
(b) A bird watching group, with their own language derived from the names of birds.
(c) A shadowy religious sect.
(d) A group devoted to the study of mythology.

12. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Tlon?
(a) A food that bestows immortality on those who eat it.
(b) The narrator's term for deja vu.
(c) A genius servant, who fools others by pretending to be a simpleton.
(d) A fictitious planet described in a mysterious encyclopedia volume.

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

14. In "Emma Zunz," why did Emma's father commit suicide?
(a) He had an incurable disease.
(b) Bankruptcy.
(c) General despair.
(d) The crimes of Aaron Lowenthal.

15. In "The Library of Babel," what is the central shape that the library is based upon?"
(a) Circle.
(b) Hexagon.
(c) Octagon.
(d) Rectangle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," what work of Quain's is actually successful?

3. In "The Cult of the Phoenix," what objects are involved in their rituals?

4. In "The Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden," what is the attitude of the English woman who has married an Indian?

5. In "The End," what instrument does the black man play outside Recabarren's bar?

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