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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Secret Miracle," how is Hladik eventually killed?
(a) He is gassed.
(b) He is hung.
(c) He is shot by a firing squad.
(d) He is given a pill.

2. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," who convinces Tom to create a fake identity?
(a) Ebenezer Bogle.
(b) Tom gets the idea himself.
(c) Lady Tichbourne.
(d) Lady Tichbourne's son.

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

4. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does the Yardmaster challenge Rosendo to?
(a) A wrestling match.
(b) A foot race.
(c) A knife fight.
(d) A duel with pistols.

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

6. Which of the following best describes "Ibn-Hakam-Al Bokhari, Murdered in his Labyrinth"?
(a) It is a comedy meant to amuse children.
(b) It is intendend as a precise moral lesson, with unambiguous instruction.
(c) It is a fantasy story that requires a suspension of disbelief.
(d) It is realistic.

7. Thematically, "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote" deals most closely with which of the following?
(a) The evils of plagiarism.
(b) The inferiority of the novel as an art form.
(c) The nature of literary criticism and the issues surrounding interpretation.
(d) Borges's thinly disguised self-hatred.

8. In "The Zahir," where is the sister of the woman he loves?
(a) A mental hospital.
(b) Prison.
(c) A convent.
(d) Travelling in Argentina.

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

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

11. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," who has Dr. Yu arrested?
(a) Dr. Yu turns himself in at the police station.
(b) Richard Madden.
(c) Dr. Albert, affiliated with the police, handcuffs Yu before he dies.
(d) Pierre Menard.

12. In "The Dead Man," who does Otalora want to replace as leader of the gang?
(a) Bandeira.
(b) A beautiful, red-haired woman.
(c) Pancho Villa.
(d) Suarez.

13. In "The Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden," what is the attitude of the English woman who has married an Indian?
(a) She despises Indians.
(b) She has gone mad.
(c) She is thoroughly Indian herself now.
(d) She feigns assimilation with the Indians, but is still quite English.

14. In "Emma Zunz," what does Emma pretend to be in order to complete her revenge?
(a) A waitress.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A circus worker.
(d) A nun.

15. In "The Secret Miracle," why is Hladik truly upset that he will be executed?
(a) He has unresolved issues with his wife.
(b) He is no more upset than any normal man who is facing his own death.
(c) His execution goes against the words of a fortuneteller, who predicted he'd live to be 100.
(d) He has not finished his play, "The Enemies."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," what does the historian, Ryan, do when he discovers the truth behind the assassination?

2. "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," can best be described as which of the following?

3. In "The Circular Ruins," other than the sorcerer himself, who knows about the content of his dreams?

4. In "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," Kilpatrick participates in his own assassination for which of the following reasons?

5. In "A Theologian in Death," Melancthon believes that salvation is achieved in what way?

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