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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jaromir Hladik ask God for in a prayer?
(a) To spare his life.
(b) To make him famous.
(c) Time to finish his play.
(d) To punish his captors.

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

4. How long does John Vincent Moon hide while the Irishman fights in the rebellion?
(a) A week.
(b) A year.
(c) Three days.
(d) A month.

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

6. In the story, "The End," which character has lost a guitar duel?
(a) The stranger.
(b) The store owner.
(c) The store owner's son.
(d) The black man.

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

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

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

10. Why does Erik Lonnrot believe the third man in "Death and the Compass" was murdered?
(a) As part of a crime of passion.
(b) He offended a group of religious people.
(c) As part of a hate crime.
(d) As part of a botched robbery.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator visit Ireneo Funes before returning home?

2. How does Ireneo Funes become paralyzed?

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

4. What does Ireneo Funes ask to borrow from the narrator?

5. How does the Irishman rescue John Vincent Moon?

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