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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Maker: Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who or what is Al-Mu'tasim supposed to be?
(a) A holy man.
(b) An obscure language.
(c) A sect of Islam.
(d) An magnificent oasis.

2. In "The Theologians," what do the Monotoni believe?
(a) Good works, and not faith, are the path to salvation.
(b) God is malevolent.
(c) Nothing in history truly repeats itself.
(d) Everything in history repeats itself.

3. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," what does the historian, Ryan, do when he discovers the truth behind the assassination?
(a) He villifies Kilpatrick and writes a polemic against him.
(b) He withholds the truth and writes a book in praise of Kilpatrick.
(c) He stages his own assassination.
(d) He runs for office in Ireland.

4. In "Delia Elena San Marco," what does the narrator wonder after the death of his beloved?
(a) Whether he can speak to her soul again.
(b) If she secretly despised him.
(c) Why he ever loved her in the first place.
(d) If her death was more painful than she let on.

5. In "The Circular Ruins," other than the sorcerer himself, who knows about the content of his dreams?
(a) Everyone on earth.
(b) No one.
(c) The fire god.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth," Sa'id tells the preacher that he is afraid of what?

2. In "Averroes' Search," what concept or concepts can Averroes not comprehend?

3. In "Averroes' Search," what happens to Averroes at the end?

4. In "The Plot," a gaucho's murder is similar to the murder of what famous figure?

5. In "The Dead Man," which of the following best characterizes the gang leader's attitude toward Otalora?

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