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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 "Undr," what does the sacred word of the Urns mean?
(a) God.
(b) Wonder.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Warfare.

2. In "Blue Tigers," what do the Blue Tigers do to the narrator?
(a) They nearly drive him mad.
(b) They maul him.
(c) They slowly poison him.
(d) They cause him to age backwards.

3. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," in what language does the narrator speak to the man from the future?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) Russian.
(d) Latin.

4. In "Borges and I," who are the two characters?
(a) Borges and an unknown narrator.
(b) Borges the writer, and the personal Borges.
(c) Borges and his character John Vincent Moon.
(d) Borges and Edgar Allan Poe.

5. In "The Disk," what god is associated with the disk?
(a) Isis.
(b) Thor.
(c) Odin.
(d) Vishnu.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Inferno, I, 32," what does God tell Dante in a dream?

2. In "The Sect of Thirty," the sect worships which Biblical figure?

3. In "The Story from Rosendo Juarez," what becomes of Rosendo?

4. In "Undr," what does Ulf do to avoid execution?

5. In "Guayaquil," what do the narrator and Professor Zimmerman compete for?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Plot," a gaucho dies in a similar fashion to Julius Caesar. What does this suggest about history?

2. In "Borges and I," who are the two Borgeses, and what is the relationship between them?

3. In "Undr," is there any suggestion that "Undr" or "wonder" really isn't the only sacred word of the Urns?

4. In "The Other," how does the elder Borges most successfully prove to the younger Borges that he is not dreaming their encounter?

5. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," is the society described by the old man really a "utopia"?

6. In "Unworthy," why does Fischbein, a mild-mannered and bookish man, hang around a gang?

7. In "The Yellow Rose," what is Marino's epiphany?

8. What does "Shakespeare's Memory" say about creating art?

9. In "The Rose of Paracelsus," why doesn't Paracelsus turn the ashes of the rose into a rose for the young man?

10. What does "The Disk" say about greed?

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