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

2. In "The Bribe," what does Professor Einarrson write?
(a) An analysis of Wordsworth.
(b) A letter that is in direct opposition to Dr. Winthrop's views.
(c) A lone volume of an encyclopedia.
(d) A fawning tribute to Dr. Winthrop.

3. In "The Gospel According to Mark," what does Baltasar do with the Gutres' English Bible?
(a) Translates it into Spanish.
(b) Uses it to prove the Bible's many historical errors.
(c) Hides it from them.
(d) Steals it and sells it.

4. In "Inferno, I, 32," what does God tell Dante in a dream?
(a) He doesn't like Dante's version of Purgatory.
(b) How to finish some poetry.
(c) The prurpose of his life.
(d) The exact day of his death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Undr," what does the sacred word of the Urns mean?

2. What idea is the main concern of "Paradiso, XXXI, 108"?

3. In "The Duel," though friends, Clara and Marta compete at what activity?

4. In "August 25, 1983," what hotel room does Borges go to?

5. In "The Book of Sand," what does the narrator do with the book at the end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Name some of the customs and beliefs of the strange group in "The Sect of Thirty."

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

6. In "Unworthy," why does Fischbein, a mild-mannered and bookish man, hang around a gang?

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

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

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

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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