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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the story, "The End," who has the stranger killed previously?
(a) His brother.
(b) The black man's brother.
(c) The black man.
(d) The store owner's son.

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

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

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

6. How is John Vincent Moon wounded?
(a) Both legs are broken from a fall.
(b) His chest is sliced by a bayonet.
(c) He hits his head on a rock.
(d) His shoulder is grazed by a bullet.

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

8. Who is John Vincent Moon?
(a) Ireneo Funes.
(b) The Irishman.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The Englishman.

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

10. What does Jaromir Hladik hear in a dream?
(a) He will have the time to finish his play.
(b) He will live forever.
(c) He will change the world.
(d) The wind blowing his name.

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

12. When is "The Secret Miracle" set?
(a) During World War I.
(b) During World War II.
(c) In the future.
(d) In an undetermined time.

13. What is the name of Jaromir Hladik's unfinished play?
(a) The Truth.
(b) The Secret Miracle.
(c) The Lie.
(d) The Enemies.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator seek shelter at the Englishman's ranch?

2. What do the members of the Sect of the Phoenix call themselves?

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

4. What happens to Jaromir Hladik at the end of "The Secret Miracle"?

5. What language is spoken in the Sect of the Phoenix?

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