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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Artifices, The End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Herbert Ashe in "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"?
(a) He breaks a mirror.
(b) He dies.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He finds "The First Encyclopedia of Tlon."

2. What is unusual about the characters in The Secret Mirror?
(a) They have all won the lottery.
(b) They are all silent.
(c) They are siblings.
(d) They do not actually exist.

3. What body organ begins a dream of the protagonist in "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) An ear.
(b) A heart.
(c) An eye.
(d) A hand.

4. What does Dr. Yu Tsun discuss with Dr. Stephen Albert?
(a) The war.
(b) Ts'ui Pen's poetry.
(c) Ts'ui Pen's sculpture.
(d) Ts'ui Pen's labyrinth.

5. When is "The Secret Miracle" set?
(a) During World War I.
(b) In the future.
(c) During World War II.
(d) In an undetermined time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is most likely the traitor that Fergus Kilpatrick sentences to death?

2. How does Pierre Menard describe "Don Quixote"?

3. Which Shakespearean character is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?

4. Who approaches Dr. Stephen Albert's house while he and Dr. Yu Tsun are conversing?

5. Which poetic form is discovered among Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

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