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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Artifices, The Secret Miracle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator visit Ireneo Funes before returning home?
(a) To retrieve his books.
(b) To give him a coat.
(c) To say goodbye.
(d) To retrieve his scarf.

2. What does Ireneo Funes ask to borrow from the narrator?
(a) A pen.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A coat.
(d) Books.

3. What does the lottery cause?
(a) A plague.
(b) A rebellion.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) Overcrowding.

4. What do the narrator and Ireneo Funes discuss?
(a) Funes' paralysis.
(b) Funes' hyper-awareness.
(c) His sister.
(d) The war.

5. At what age does Ireneo Funes die?
(a) Eighty-two.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What talent does Ireneo Funes possess?

2. What happens to Jaromir Hladik at the end of "The Secret Miracle"?

3. How is the lottery unusual?

4. What is the Company?

5. Why does Ireneo Funes suffer from insomnia?

(see the answer key)

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