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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 Duel," though friends, Clara and Marta compete at what activity?
(a) Painting.
(b) Memorizing poetry.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Making themselves beautiful.

2. To whom is "There are More Things" dedicated?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) H.P. Lovecraft.

3. In "Ulrikke," what happens between the narrator and Ulrikke?
(a) They switch identities.
(b) They have a brutal knife fight.
(c) The narrator pursues her around the world.
(d) They casually sleep together.

4. In "Undr," though the people are barbarous, they claim to be what?
(a) Christian.
(b) Virtuous pagans.
(c) Ascetics.
(d) Devout Muslims.

5. In "The Disk," what god is associated with the disk?
(a) Odin.
(b) Thor.
(c) Vishnu.
(d) Isis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Dialogue About a Dialogue," what interrupts the dialogue?

2. In "The Rose of Paracelsus," what does the young man want Paracelsus to do?

3. In "Inferno, I, 32," what does God tell Dante in a dream?

4. In "Unworthy," what does the rest of the gang call Fischbein?

5. In "The Ethnographer," what does Fred Murdock do with the secret he learns from the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Duel," what is the nature of the duel between Clara and Marta?

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

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

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

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

6. In "Covered Mirrors," what is the narrator's attitude toward mirrors?

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

8. In "The Interloper," do the Nelson brothers have any redeeming qualities?

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

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

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