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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Englishman scarred?
(a) On his back.
(b) On his face.
(c) On his chest.
(d) On his hands.

2. What does Ryan publish?
(a) A play.
(b) A magazine article.
(c) An ode.
(d) A book.

3. Who is Jaromir Hladik?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) A watchmaker.
(d) A writer.

4. What type of play is Jaromir Hladik writing?
(a) A tragedy.
(b) A drama.
(c) A comedy.
(d) A farce.

5. What is the "secret miracle" that Jaromir Hladik experiences?
(a) During his execution, he is able to mentally finish his play.
(b) Lightning stirkes the executioners.
(c) He is able to pretend to be dead.
(d) The Allies arrive before the executioners can reload.

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

7. In "Death and the Compass," what do the police receive in the mail after the third murder?
(a) A lock of hair.
(b) A map.
(c) A knife.
(d) A confession.

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

9. What do the members of the Sect of the Phoenix call themselves?
(a) Men of the secret.
(b) The Company.
(c) Phoenicians.
(d) Men of the fire.

10. Which character dies at the end of "The End"?
(a) The store owner's son.
(b) The store owner.
(c) The black man.
(d) The stranger.

11. What does the narrator ask the Englishman after dinner?
(a) Where he can find a telephone.
(b) How he received his scar.
(c) Why the room is so dark.
(d) When he fought in the war.

12. In the story, "The End," with whom does the stranger converse?
(a) The stranger.
(b) The store owner's son.
(c) The black man.
(d) The store owner.

13. What talent does Ireneo Funes possess?
(a) He can recite the entire dictionary.
(b) He can create new languages.
(c) He always knows the correct time.
(d) He memorizes encyclopedias.

14. Why are Nils Runeberg's theories controversial?
(a) He bakes pies in the shape of religious figures.
(b) They claim that time is irrelevant.
(c) They claim Judas never existed.
(d) They give three theories for the behavior of Judas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do scholars ascribe Nils Runeberg's odd beliefs?

2. Why is Jaromir Hladik scheduled to be executed?

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

4. From what point of view is "Funes, The Memorious" written?

5. Which American President is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?

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