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

2. What happens to Jaromir Hladik at the end of "The Secret Miracle"?
(a) He vanishes with the wind.
(b) He escapes, but dies of typhus a few weeks later.
(c) He escapes.
(d) He is executed.

3. Why does Ireneo Funes feel that language is futile?
(a) There are not enough differing words to describe objects.
(b) It is too full of contradictions.
(c) No one knows how to converse anymore.
(d) People do not listen when others speak.

4. From what point of view is "Funes, The Memorious" written?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person omniscient.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jaromir Hladik ask God for in a prayer?

2. What does Jaromir Hladik hear in a dream?

3. What talent does Ireneo Funes possess?

4. Why is Jaromir Hladik scheduled to be executed?

5. What is exchanged for bits of bone or decorated parchment in "The Babylon Lottery"?

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