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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Maker: Part IV, In Praise of Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874)," what is Tadeo's punishment for killing a man?
(a) He is whipped.
(b) He is put into slavery.
(c) He goes to jail.
(d) He is sent to the army.

2. In "Three Versions of Judas," what is the first version of Judas?
(a) He is the human side of Jesus.
(b) He was not actually involved in the Bible.
(c) The same traitorous version as the Bible.
(d) He is God.

3. In "The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths," what happens to the imprisoned King of Babylon?
(a) He escapes.
(b) A wizard turns him into a bird and he flies away.
(c) He lives a harsh, but long, life in his prison.
(d) He dies of hunger and thirst.

4. In "The Writing of God," what animal is jailed next to Tzinacan?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A parrot.
(c) A jaguar.
(d) A serpent.

5. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," what causes Tom's fake identity scheme to fall apart?
(a) Ebenezer Bogle's death.
(b) Ebenezer Bogle runs out of ideas for perpetuating the fraud.
(c) At the trial, a saavy lawyer produces papers demonstrating Tom can't be who he says he is.
(d) The real person, whom Tom was impersonating, returns.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Maker," the protagonist is what Greek writer?

2. In "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth," Sa'id tells the preacher that he is afraid of what?

3. In "Death and the Compass," what character flaw leads Lonnrot to his death?

4. In "The Secret Miracle," why is Hladik truly upset that he will be executed?

5. In "Story of the Two Dreamers," what does the man's dream tell him?

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