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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 "A Prayer," what is the narrator's attitude toward his prayer?
(a) He repudiates it.
(b) He doesn't think much about it: he says the words with no thought.
(c) He hopes it will give him worldly riches.
(d) He thinks it will make sure he is saved.

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

3. In "Blue Tigers," what do the Blue Tigers do to the narrator?
(a) They maul him.
(b) They cause him to age backwards.
(c) They slowly poison him.
(d) They nearly drive him mad.

4. In "Ragnarok," what happens to the Gods who reappear?
(a) They become regular people.
(b) They quickly disappear again, for Christianity forces them out.
(c) They are worshipped.
(d) They are shot.

5. In "Avelino Arredondo," to what does Avelino belong?
(a) A shadowy cabal.
(b) The Calvinists.
(c) The Red party.
(d) The White Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Parable of Cervantes and Don Quixote," Cervantes can best be described as which of the following?

2. In "The Yellow Rose," what does Marino FINALLY think about his poetry?

3. In "Museum--On Exactitude in Science," how big are the maps of the Empire?

4. In "Undr," what does Ulf do to avoid execution?

5. In "Legend," what does Abel do to Cain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "Shakespeare's Memory" say about creating art?

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

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

5. In "The Rose of Paracelsus," why doesn't Paracelsus turn the ashes of the rose into a rose for the young man?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the message about scientific precision in "Museum- On Exactitude in Science"?

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