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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) Dreams aren't that important.
(b) He has been sleeping too much.
(c) That he himself is a dream.
(d) He is a jaguar.

2. In "The Theologians," why is John of Pannonia killed?
(a) He is accused of treason.
(b) He is labeled a heretic.
(c) He kills himself in despair.
(d) He dies in war.

3. In "The Circular Ruins," what does the sorcerer do in his dreams?
(a) Creates a man.
(b) Turns into an eagle.
(c) Rules the world.
(d) Meets the most beautiful woman alive.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Dead Man," who does Otalora want to replace as leader of the gang?

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

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," who first finds an article about Uqbar?

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

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

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