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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. What does Ireneo Funes ask to borrow from the narrator?
(a) Books.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A pen.
(d) A coat.

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

3. What happens during Jaromir Hladik's execution?
(a) The bullets fall short of his body.
(b) Time slows down.
(c) A sudden storm arises from the east.
(d) The executioners misfire.

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

5. What happens to Jaromir Hladik at the end of "The Secret Miracle"?
(a) He escapes, but dies of typhus a few weeks later.
(b) He escapes.
(c) He vanishes with the wind.
(d) He is executed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story, "The End," which character has lost a guitar duel?

2. Who is Jaromir Hladik?

3. Why does Erik Lonnrot believe the rabbi was murdered?

4. How does Ireneo Funes become paralyzed?

5. What type of play is Jaromir Hladik writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Form of the Sword," what symbolism is evident in the scar on the Englishman's face?

2. What does Jaromir Hladik regret?

3. What theory does Erik Lonnrot have about the murders in "Death and the Compass"?

4. How does Erik Lonnrot discover the location of the fourth murder?

5. What unusual theories does Nils Runeberg propose?

6. In "The Form of the Sword," how does the Irishman rescue John Vincent Moon?

7. What irony is evident in the membership of the Sect of the Phoenix?

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

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

10. Who is the traitor scheduled for execution in "Theme of the Traitor and Hero"?

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