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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the three murders in "Death and the Compass" related?
(a) The three victims were business partners.
(b) All the murders occured on a Tuesday.
(c) All the victims spoke a part of God's name aloud.
(d) All of the victims were Jewish.

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

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

4. In "Death and the Compass," why do the police believe the rabbi was murdered?
(a) As part of a hate crime.
(b) As part of a botched robbery.
(c) He offended a group of religious people.
(d) As part of a crime of passion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator have to leave his cousin's house?

2. To which nationality are the members of the Sect of the Phoenix compared?

3. In "The Form of the Sword," when does the Irish rebellion take place?

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

5. What happens during Jaromir Hladik's execution?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Englishman in "The Form of the Sword" hide his identity in the story?

2. Why does language frustrate Ireneo Funes?

3. In "Theme of the Traitor and Hero," what coincidences raise Ryan's suspicion?

4. What discovery does Erik Lonnrot make about the murders at the fourth crime scene?

5. How is Fergus Kilpatrick both a traitor and a hero?

6. In "The End," why do the black man and the stranger fight?

7. In "Theme of the Traitor and Hero," why are the details of Ryan's great-grandfather's death obscured?

8. Why does Ireneo Funes suffer from insomnia?

9. How is "Three Versions of Judas" designed to deceive the reader?

10. How does the Englishman in "The Form of the Sword" receive the scar on his face?

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