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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In "The Other Death," how does the author suggest that Damian could be both a hero and a coward?
(a) He conveys how Damian would run, then fight, run, then fight, continuously during the battle.
(b) He doesn't; Damian is portrayed as strictly a hero.
(c) Though he fled from the battlefield, 40 years later on his deathbed, Damian, through a miracle, wills himself to be a hero.
(d) He doesn't; Damian is portrayed as only a coward.

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 reciting the Bible.
(d) By reading the fourteen words on the animal beside him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," who convinces Tom to create a fake identity?

2. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," how does Tom make a living after he gets out of jail?

3. In "The Wizard that was Made to Wait," what does the church dean do with the magic he learns?

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

5. In "Three Versions of Judas," what is the third version of Judas?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Zahir," what is a possible reason for the narrator becoming obsessed with the coin?

2. In "Man on the Pink Corner," why does Rosendo disappear and then come back when challenged by the Yardmaster?

3. In "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth," according to Unwin, why did Sa'id truly steal the treasure, and what are the implications of this motivation?

4. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," Ching becomes a pirate, but does she have any virtuous qualities, even in this criminal profession?

5. In "House of Asterion," is there anything sympathetic about Asterion?

6. What does "Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden" say about the nature of human identity?

7. In "The End," does the black man who plays his guitar and continually waits outside the bar get what he has been waiting for?

8. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," describe Lazarus' moral character.

9. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," why does Dr. Yu work for the Germans?

10. Describe the theme in "The Mirror of Ink."

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