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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the lottery unusual?
(a) Winners are sent into exile.
(b) There are adverse outcomes for some players.
(c) People trade food for lottery tickets.
(d) A new drawing after the death of the previous lottery winner.

2. What happens to the Irishman at the end of "The Form of the Sword"?
(a) He runs away to France.
(b) He is killed in the rebellion.
(c) He is shot by Moon.
(d) He is taken away by the authorities.

3. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," why does the student run to the top of a tower?
(a) He longs to end his suffering.
(b) He is tired of all the fighting.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He believes he has killed someone.

4. What language is spoken in the Sect of the Phoenix?
(a) Celtic.
(b) Dutch.
(c) All languages.
(d) Hebrew.

5. What body organ begins a dream of the protagonist in "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) A hand.
(b) An eye.
(c) An ear.
(d) A heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Herbert Ashe?

2. In "The Circular Ruins", how does the protagonist travel to the ruins?

3. What opinion does the narrator have of Herbert Quain's work?

4. What type of play is Jaromir Hladik writing?

5. In the story, "The End," who has the stranger killed previously?

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