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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. Which great literary work does Pierre Menard rewrite?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) A Farewell to Arms.
(c) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) Don Quixote.

2. Who is the hero of "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim"?
(a) A student.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) Al-Mu'tasim.
(d) A robber.

3. Where does the narrator discover "The First Encyclopedia of Tlon"?
(a) In the library.
(b) On the island of Tertius.
(c) Among Herbert Ashe's possessions.
(d) Inside a mirror.

4. How does Pierre Menard describe the work of Edgar Allen Poe?
(a) Verbose.
(b) The work of an amateur.
(c) Essential to literature.
(d) Trite and meaningless.

5. What does the narrator believe will eventually happen to the planet on which he lives?
(a) It will be taken over by Tlon.
(b) It will be destroyed by time.
(c) It will merge with Uqbar.
(d) It will begin to look like Tertius.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what country are the characters searching for in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?

3. From what point of view is "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim" written?

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

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

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