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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what point of view is "Funes, The Memorious" written?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Second person omniscient.

2. What do the members of the Sect of the Phoenix have in common?
(a) They are all brothers.
(b) They are part of a coup.
(c) They all have a terminal illness.
(d) They have a secret.

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

4. In "Death and the Compass," what do the police find at each crime scene?
(a) Letters for a specific name for God.
(b) A letter to a printing company.
(c) A knife.
(d) A red rose.

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

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

7. How does Nils Runeberg die?
(a) He is executed.
(b) In an automobile wreck.
(c) From a heart attack.
(d) From an aneurysm.

8. How do the stranger and the black man resolve their differences?
(a) The store owner mediates an agreement.
(b) The stranger pays the black man for his troubles.
(c) They duel.
(d) They go to court.

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

10. 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 has just been shot.
(c) He just woke up.
(d) He is tired.

11. Who is Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) An Englishman.
(b) The great-grandson of James Alexander Nolan.
(c) A friend of Ryan.
(d) An Irish rebel.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Sect of the Phoenix?

2. From what point of view is "Theme of the Traitor and Hero" written?

3. What happens during Jaromir Hladik's execution?

4. Why does Ireneo Funes suffer from insomnia?

5. Who is allowed to be a part of the Sect of the Phoenix?

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