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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. In the story, "The End," with whom does the stranger converse?
(a) The stranger.
(b) The store owner.
(c) The store owner's son.
(d) The black man.

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

3. What happens to John Vincent Moon during the Irish rebellion?
(a) He is shot in the leg.
(b) He hides in a truck.
(c) He freezes during a battle.
(d) He falls from the top of a building.

4. Which American President is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) McKinley.
(c) Garfield.
(d) Lincoln.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is "The Secret Miracle" set?

2. To what do scholars ascribe Nils Runeberg's odd beliefs?

3. At what age does Ireneo Funes die?

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

5. What does Jaromir Hladik ask God for in a prayer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does language frustrate Ireneo Funes?

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

3. Describe Jaromir Hladik.

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

5. What does Jaromir Hladik regret?

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

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

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

9. What is Jaromir Hladik's prayer?

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

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