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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Artifices, Three Versions of Judas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ireneo Funes suffer from insomnia?
(a) He is afraid of the approaching enemy.
(b) His hyper-awareness prevents him from sleeping.
(c) He is in constant pain.
(d) He wants to live every moment.

2. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what country are the characters searching for in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?
(a) Uqbar.
(b) Zion.
(c) Tertius.
(d) Tlon.

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

4. Who is James Alexander Nolan?
(a) The Taoiseach of Ireland.
(b) The great grandson of Fergus Kilpatrick.
(c) A friend of Fergus Kilpatrick.
(d) An Englishman.

5. How does Fergus Kilpatrick die?
(a) He falls off the top of a building.
(b) He is murdered in his sleep.
(c) He is assassinated.
(d) He falls in a well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator visit Ireneo Funes before returning home?

2. What do the stories in April March share?

3. In "Death and the Compass," how are Erik Lonnrot and the police alerted to the third murder?

4. Which Menard manuscript describes the possibility of a new vocabulary?

5. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," why does the student decide to travel the country?

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