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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," how does Tom make a living after he gets out of jail?
(a) He gives speeches to audiences arguing either that he is innocent or guilty.
(b) He writes a bestselling book on how to impersonate.
(c) Having learned the law from his trial, he becomes a lawyer.
(d) He sells rare coins.

3. In "Averroes' Search," what happens to Averroes at the end?
(a) He converts to Judaism.
(b) He looks into a mirror and disappears.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He condemns Aristotle as a "savage."

4. In "The Theologians," what do the Monotoni believe?
(a) Everything in history repeats itself.
(b) God is malevolent.
(c) Nothing in history truly repeats itself.
(d) Good works, and not faith, are the path to salvation.

5. In "The Immortal," what is Marcus's profession?
(a) Poet.
(b) Roman legionnairre.
(c) Soothsayer.
(d) Blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Shape of the Sword," John Vincent Moon is a traitor to what ideology?

2. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wishes to do what?

3. In "The Writing of God," what animal is jailed next to Tzinacan?

4. In "Three Versions of Judas," what is the first version of Judas?

5. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?

Short Essay Questions

1. "The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths" ends with the words, "Glory to Him who does not die." Who is the one "who does not die," and what is the reason for this invocation?

2. In "Monk Eastman Purveyor of Iniquities," what first stops Monk's criminal life of violence, and then what allows him to continue this violence in a new form?

3. In "The Aleph," what is the narrator's attitude toward Carlos Argentino?

4. In "Man on the Pink Corner," why does Rosendo disappear and then come back when challenged by the Yardmaster?

5. In "Death and the Compass," how does Scharlach defeat Lonnrot?

6. "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim" is a review of a book that does not exist. How is this significant?

7. In "Hakim The Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim's sect abhor mirrors and copulation. What is the significance of this abhorrence?

8. In "House of Asterion," is there anything sympathetic about Asterion?

9. In "The Wait," what does Villari do when his assassins actually show up? Why does he do this?

10. What does "Story of the Warrior and the Captive Maiden" say about the nature of human identity?

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