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

2. What do the people of Tlon consider to be the most powerful tool mankind can possess?
(a) Reflection.
(b) Water.
(c) Time.
(d) The mind.

3. Why does Scharlach lead Erik Lonnrot to the location of the fourth murder?
(a) To kill him for arresting his brother.
(b) To turn in his deranged brother.
(c) Out of guilt.
(d) The fourth victim is his brother.

4. To which nationality are the members of the Sect of the Phoenix compared?
(a) Germans.
(b) Irish.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Jews.

5. Why does the man in "The South" decide to fight?
(a) Jail is better than shame.
(b) He would rather break a vow than die.
(c) His friends arrive.
(d) He would rather die in a fight than in a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what point of view is "Theme of the Traitor and Hero" written?

2. Where does the narrator discover "The First Encyclopedia of Tlon"?

3. Which poetic form is discovered among Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

4. Who is the narrator visiting when he meets Ireneo Funes for the first time?

5. How does the man in "The South" travel to the ranch?

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