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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ireneo Funes become paralyzed?
(a) By being struck by a truck.
(b) By falling off a truck.
(c) By falling off a horse.
(d) By falling out of a tree.

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

3. When is "The Secret Miracle" set?
(a) During World War I.
(b) In the future.
(c) During World War II.
(d) In an undetermined time.

4. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what is unique about the description of the country in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?
(a) It exists on two worlds.
(b) It exists on only one copy of the encyclopedia.
(c) The laws of nature have been reversed.
(d) Mirrors there do not reflect images.

5. How does Nils Runeberg die?
(a) From a heart attack.
(b) In an automobile wreck.
(c) He is executed.
(d) From an aneurysm.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what point of view is "The Library of Babel" written?

2. Which Shakespearean character is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?

3. How does the Irishman rescue John Vincent Moon?

4. According to the narrator, what is the most important theme of "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?

5. Who is James Alexander Nolan?

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