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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 5-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ricardo’s father tells Alberto that they’ve operated on his son how many times when they meet in the halls of the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 2

2. Skinny tells Alberto in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3 that the narrator has a nephew who must be about what age by now?
(a) 2
(b) 8
(c) 4
(d) 3

3. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?
(a) Urioste
(b) Pezoa
(c) Revilla
(d) Morte

4. The quote that opens Part One, Chapter 1 (“We play the part of heroes because we’re cowards, the part of saints because we’re wicked”) is written by whom?
(a) Samuel Beckett
(b) Franz Kafka
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

5. Who does the narrator say essentially ran things in the Circle during their Fifth Year in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) The Boa
(b) The Poet
(c) Cava
(d) The Jaguar

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lt. Gamboa’s “solitary house” located, according to the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 8?

2. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?

3. The narrator in Part Two, Chapter 3 describes the Poet as having been flattened by whom in a fight?

4. What is Valdivieso’s nickname in the Circle?

5. How many cadets does the captain at the Fifth Year barracks say are currently confined in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?

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