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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. According to the narrator, what is the most important theme of "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?
(a) Anger destroys the soul.
(b) Revenge poisons the vengeful.
(c) The journey is more important than the destination.
(d) Peace is found through humble apology.

2. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what is unique about the description of the country in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?
(a) Mirrors there do not reflect images.
(b) It exists on two worlds.
(c) It exists on only one copy of the encyclopedia.
(d) The laws of nature have been reversed.

3. Which Menard manuscript describes the possibility of a new vocabulary?
(a) A magazine.
(b) A monograph.
(c) A script for Don Quixote.
(d) A sonnet.

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

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what topic is the narrator discussing when the subject of the encyclopedia is brought up?
(a) Books.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who does the student speak with on top of the tower?

5. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," why does the student run to the top of a tower?

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