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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 sect of Islam.
(b) A holy man.
(c) An magnificent oasis.
(d) An obscure language.

2. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," which writer's work is partially a model for the assassination?
(a) Coleridge.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Dante.

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Orbis Tertius?
(a) Herbert Ashe's code name.
(b) The trade name for a secret society that describes Tlon and Uqbar.
(c) An undiscovered number.
(d) The narrator's award for Latin, that he received in college.

4. Which of the following best describes the theme of "Mutations"?
(a) Objects used for death often become symbols for different things.
(b) Writing will become superfluous because people will communicate telepathically.
(c) The connotations of words are extremely hard to alter.
(d) Mankind will change into something radically different because of scientific experiments.

5. In "The Immortal," the troglodyte who recites poetry to Marcus is what writer?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Homer.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Euripides.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Theologians," whose doctrine does Aurelian want to defeat?

2. In "The Immortal," which of the following best describes the result of attaining immortality?

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Tlon?

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

5. In "The Theologians," why is John of Pannonia killed?

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