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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is exchanged for bits of bone or decorated parchment in "The Babylon Lottery"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Food.
(c) Tickets.
(d) Money.

2. What does the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins" dream of doing?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Singing.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Building.

3. Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
(a) The original author of Don Quixote.
(b) The author of A Farewell to Arms.
(c) The editor of Pierre Menard's manuscripts.
(d) An Italian poet.

4. Which measurement system is discussed in one of Pierre Menard's manuscripts?
(a) Nautical.
(b) Imperial.
(c) Metric.
(d) Volume.

5. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who does the student speak with on top of the tower?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A robber.
(c) Al-Mu'tasim.
(d) An eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poem does Pierre Menard describe as being an essential work of literature?

2. What is unique about the objects from Tlon that are released into the narrator's world?

3. Why do some lottery players protest the rules of the lottery?

4. What is The Secret Mirror?

5. What does the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins" love to do?

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