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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens during Jaromir Hladik's execution?
(a) Time slows down.
(b) A sudden storm arises from the east.
(c) The bullets fall short of his body.
(d) The executioners misfire.

5. Which American President is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Garfield.
(d) McKinley.

6. How are the three murders in "Death and the Compass" related?
(a) The three victims were business partners.
(b) All of the victims were Jewish.
(c) All the victims spoke a part of God's name aloud.
(d) All the murders occured on a Tuesday.

7. Which Shakespearean character is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Marcus Brutus.

8. Why does the narrator visit Ireneo Funes before returning home?
(a) To say goodbye.
(b) To retrieve his scarf.
(c) To retrieve his books.
(d) To give him a coat.

9. Where does Fergus Kilpatrick die?
(a) In his bed.
(b) In England.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In the theater.

10. How is John Vincent Moon wounded?
(a) His chest is sliced by a bayonet.
(b) His shoulder is grazed by a bullet.
(c) He hits his head on a rock.
(d) Both legs are broken from a fall.

11. Why does the narrator seek shelter at the Englishman's ranch?
(a) He is hiding from soldiers.
(b) He car had a flat tire.
(c) He is caught in a terrible storm.
(d) He is running from the police.

12. In "The Form of the Sword," when does the Irish rebellion take place?
(a) The late thirties.
(b) The mid-sixties.
(c) The early twenties.
(d) The early forties.

13. Why does the narrator have to leave his cousin's house?
(a) His sister is getting married.
(b) He has been called to active duty.
(c) He must return to work.
(d) His father is dying.

14. To whom does Nils Runeberg compare Judas?
(a) Pilate.
(b) Marx.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Jesus.

15. Who is Ryan?
(a) The Taoiseach of Ireland.
(b) An Irish rebel.
(c) A friend of of Fergus Kilpatrick.
(d) The great grandson of Fergus Kilpatrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fergus Kilpatrick die?

2. What do the members of the Sect of the Phoenix have in common?

3. What do the members of the Sect of the Phoenix call themselves?

4. To which nationality are the members of the Sect of the Phoenix compared?

5. In his anger, how does the Irishman injure John Vincent Moon?

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