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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Death and the Compass," how are Erik Lonnrot and the police alerted to the third murder?
(a) By email.
(b) By mail.
(c) By clues found at the second crime scene.
(d) By a phone call.

2. How does the Irishman rescue John Vincent Moon?
(a) By carrying him to a hospital.
(b) By bandaging his leg.
(c) By driving him to the border.
(d) By leading him to a safe house.

3. What nationality is Jaromir Hladik?
(a) German.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Dutch,
(d) English.

4. What conclusion does Ryan make about the murder of Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) It was intentionally plotted to resemble Caesar's death.
(b) Kilpatrick committed suicide.
(c) It was designed to incite a rebellion.
(d) It never occured.

5. From what illness does Nils Runeberg suffer?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Insomnia.

6. Where does Jaromir Hladik live?
(a) Prague.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Warsaw.

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

8. At what age does Ireneo Funes die?
(a) Eighty-two.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Thirty-five.

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

10. In his anger, how does the Irishman injure John Vincent Moon?
(a) He whips Moon's back.
(b) He slashes Moon in the face.
(c) He strikes Moon's broken leg.
(d) He burns Moon's hands.

11. Who is most likely the traitor that Fergus Kilpatrick sentences to death?
(a) Ryan.
(b) The narrator.
(c) James Alexander Nolan.
(d) Fergus Kilpatrick.

12. Who is Erik Lonnrot?
(a) A baker.
(b) A professor.
(c) A detective.
(d) A robber.

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

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

15. How does John Vincent Moon anger the Irishman?
(a) He turns the Irishman in to the authorities.
(b) He refuses to fight.
(c) He steals the Irishman's rations.
(d) He trades ammunition for food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which American President is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?

3. Who is Nils Runeberg?

4. In "Death and the Compass," what do the police receive in the mail after the third murder?

5. Which Shakespearean character is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?

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