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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 Sect of Thirty," the sect worships which Biblical figure?
(a) Judas.
(b) Cain.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Ahab.

2. In "The Maker," the protagonist is what Greek writer?
(a) Homer.
(b) Aristophanes.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Euripides.

3. In "The Rose of Paracelsus," what does the young man want Paracelsus to do?
(a) Burn a rose and then recreate it.
(b) Turn a rose into gold.
(c) Turn one rose into a thousand.
(d) Simply appreciate the beauty of a rose.

4. In "The Yellow Rose," what does Marino FINALLY think about his poetry?
(a) His poetry can never reflect the reality of the rose.
(b) His poetry is adequate, but not great, and he should become a lawyer.
(c) His poetry is greater than the actual world.
(d) He has written the greatest poem on roses ever to exist.

5. In "The Ethnographer," what does Fred Murdock do with the secret he learns from the Indians?
(a) He never learns the secret.
(b) He sells it to the professor.
(c) He publishes an acclaimed book about it.
(d) He refuses to write about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Argumentum Ornitholicum," if the number of birds is indefinite, what is implied?

2. Which of the following best describes the theme of "Mutations"?

3. In "The Interloper," which of the following best characterizes the treatment of Julia by the two brothers?

4. In "The Bribe," what does Professor Einarrson write?

5. In "The Maker," what does the father give the protagonist when he is a boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Book of Sand," what are the stages of the narrator's view toward the book?

2. In "Everything and Nothing," who ultimately tells Shakespeare he is like him, and why does he say this?

3. In "The Gospel According to Mark," why do the Gutres want to crucify Baltasar?

4. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," is the society described by the old man really a "utopia"?

5. In "Undr," is there any suggestion that "Undr" or "wonder" really isn't the only sacred word of the Urns?

6. In "The Yellow Rose," what is Marino's epiphany?

7. In "The Plot," a gaucho dies in a similar fashion to Julius Caesar. What does this suggest about history?

8. In "Borges and I," who are the two Borgeses, and what is the relationship between them?

9. What does "The Disk" say about greed?

10. Is there a contradiction to the argument in "Argumentum Ornithologicum"?

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