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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Death and the Compass," where is Dr. Yarmolinsky killed?
(a) In the streets.
(b) In a horse carriage.
(c) A pool hall.
(d) A Jewish Talmudic Conference.

2. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wishes to do what?
(a) Write a novel of his own, based on the future adventures of Quixote.
(b) Rewrite Don Quixote line by line.
(c) Prove that Don Quixote has no place in the canon of literature.
(d) Write a scholarly analysis of Don Quixote.

3. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," why does Dr. Yu murder Dr. Albert?
(a) He is insane.
(b) Dr. Albert made derogatory remarks about Asians.
(c) To alert the German command where to bomb a city named Albert.
(d) Dr. Albert stole his wife.

4. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does Rosendo do after the fight with the Yardmaster?
(a) He dies.
(b) He opens a shop that sells weapons.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He becomes friends with the Yardmaster.

5. In "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities," Eastman does what after serving ten years in prison?
(a) Joins the army and fights in France against Germany.
(b) He leaves his life of crime to become a street preacher.
(c) He quickly gets arrested again and serves ten more years.
(d) He runs a casino.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Library of Babel," the library can best be described as which of the following?

2. In "The Shape of the Sword," John Vincent Moon is a traitor to what ideology?

3. In "Mahomed's Double," what happens when the Muslims see a vision of Mohamed?

4. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," what stops Lazarus from completing his sinister plans?

5. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what does the second Imperial fleet do when they encounter Ching?

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