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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the blind astrologer in "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?
(a) He falls from the tower.
(b) He suddenly disappears.
(c) He dies.
(d) He is healed.

2. What is unique about the objects from Tlon that are released into the narrator's world?
(a) They do not reflect images.
(b) They melt after a few days.
(c) They are real objects from an imaginary world.
(d) They are cold.

3. What fascinates the narrator the most about the planet of Tlon?
(a) The laws of nature.
(b) The passage of time.
(c) The languages of the planet.
(d) The mirrors.

4. Which poetic form is discovered among Pierre Menard's manuscripts?
(a) An ode.
(b) A ballad.
(c) Limericks.
(d) A sonnet.

5. From what point of view is "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim" written?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim," which character writes a detective novel?

2. What does the narrator think of Pierre Menard's rewrite?

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", from what source does one of the men quote?

4. Which Menard manuscript describes the possibility of a new vocabulary?

5. What do the people of Tlon consider to be the most powerful tool mankind can possess?

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