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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 a phone call.
(b) By email.
(c) By clues found at the second crime scene.
(d) By mail.

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

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

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

5. In the story, "The End," why is the man in the back of the store lying down?
(a) He is ill and unable to walk.
(b) He just woke up.
(c) He is tired.
(d) He has just been shot.

6. Why is Jaromir Hladik scheduled to be executed?
(a) He murdered a soldier.
(b) Because he is Jewish.
(c) He is a spy.
(d) Because of his writing.

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

8. Why does Ryan believe Fergus Kilpatrick's murder was never solved?
(a) The police purposely hid the identity of the killers.
(b) The murder occured in a different country.
(c) No one was at home with Kilpatrick.
(d) His body was cremated.

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

10. 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 running from the police.
(d) He is caught in a terrible storm.

11. Why does Erik Lonnrot believe the rabbi was murdered?
(a) He offended a group of religious people.
(b) As part of a hate crime.
(c) As part of a crime of passion.
(d) As part of a botched robbery.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Erik Lonnrot?

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

3. How does Nils Runeberg die?

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

5. How does Fergus Kilpatrick die?

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