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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, The Circular Ruins.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which author corresponds with the narrator in "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote"?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) Miguel de Cervantes.
(c) Pierre Menard.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

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

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

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

5. What does the god of the temple promise the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) To bring his daughter to life.
(b) To keep his son safe.
(c) To bring his son to life.
(d) To create a sunrise.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Herbert Ashe in "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"?

3. Who is the student searching for in "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim"?

4. What are Uqbar and Tlon?

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

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