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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Funes, His Memory," the powers of Funes can best be described as which of the following?
(a) Inconsequential: Funes might remember everything, but goes about his usual daily life.
(b) Maddening: from the onset of his heightened memory, Funes is simply stark, raving mad.
(c) Extremely useful: Funes makes an excellent living using the powers of his mind.
(d) A mixed blessing--he can do things such as easily learn languages, but he is also trapped by this glut of information.

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

3. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," which author is Menard most obsessed with?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Cervantes.
(c) Milton.
(d) William Blake.

4. In "The Shape of the Sword," John Vincent Moon is a traitor to what ideology?
(a) Gnosticism.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) The cause of Irish independence.
(d) Manichaeism.

5. In "The Secret Miracle," why is Hladik truly upset that he will be executed?
(a) He has not finished his play, "The Enemies."
(b) His execution goes against the words of a fortuneteller, who predicted he'd live to be 100.
(c) He has unresolved issues with his wife.
(d) He is no more upset than any normal man who is facing his own death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," who has Dr. Yu arrested?

2. In "Funes, His Memory," at what age does Funes die?

3. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?

4. In "The Wizard that was Made to Wait," what does the church dean do with the magic he learns?

5. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," what does the historian, Ryan, do when he discovers the truth behind the assassination?

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