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

2. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," Quain writes one of his books based on which of the following?
(a) The migration of snowy egrets.
(b) Mathematical construction.
(c) Geology.
(d) More adventures for Sherlock Holmes.

3. "The Lottery in Babylon" deals most closely with which theme?
(a) The role of chance in life.
(b) People should focus on their private selves and avoid the public life.
(c) The dangers of gambling addiction.
(d) The misrepresentation of Babylon in The Bible.

4. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what prompts the protagonist to become a pirate?
(a) She is brainwashed by another pirate.
(b) She is obsessed with the works of Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) The murder of her husband.
(d) After knitting a pirate flag, she strangely decides she has to actually use it.

5. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," Kilpatrick participates in his own assassination for which of the following reasons?
(a) His family will be killed if he doesn't go through with it.
(b) He wants to remain a national hero to the Irish.
(c) He wants to commit suicide without his death being on his own hands.
(d) He has no reason: he has no idea he will be killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death and the Compass," where is Dr. Yarmolinsky killed?

2. In "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities," what does Eastman do to become a bouncer?

3. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," what city does Lazarus plan to overtake?

4. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who or what is Al-Mu'tasim supposed to be?

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

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