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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Brodie's Report: Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Gospel According to Mark," what does Baltasar do with the Gutres' English Bible?
(a) Uses it to prove the Bible's many historical errors.
(b) Steals it and sells it.
(c) Translates it into Spanish.
(d) Hides it from them.

2. In "Averroes' Search," what concept or concepts can Averroes not comprehend?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Greek tragedy and comedy.
(c) The philosophy of Plato.
(d) The philosophy of Aristotle.

3. In "The Theologians," what best describes Borges's characterization of theological disputes?
(a) They are absurd, contradictory, and essentially lead to madness.
(b) They are necessary and useful means of achieving immutable truth.
(c) They are pleasant means of expressing one's ideas.
(d) They are clear-cut: there is a good side and a bad side.

4. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," what stops Lazarus from completing his sinister plans?
(a) Illness and death.
(b) He has a moral awakening.
(c) An upright uncle shows him the folly of his ways.
(d) He decides to become a politcian.

5. In "Funes, His Memory," what does the narrator lend Funes?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A book believed to be written by John Milton.
(c) Some Latin books.
(d) A book on ornithology.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths," whom does the King of Babylon imprison in a labyrinth?

2. In "The Aleph," where is the Aleph located?

3. In "The End," whom is the black man waiting for?

4. In "The Lottery in Babylon," who sometimes arbitrates the result of a lottery drawing?

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

(see the answer key)

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