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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Artifices, Death and the Compass.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the people of Tlon consider to be the most powerful tool mankind can possess?
(a) The mind.
(b) Reflection.
(c) Time.
(d) Water.

3. What do the narrator and Ireneo Funes discuss?
(a) Funes' paralysis.
(b) Funes' hyper-awareness.
(c) The war.
(d) His sister.

4. Who are the Purifiers?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Guardians of the Crimson Hexagon.
(c) A group that destroys inappropriate books.
(d) A group of authors.

5. What body organ begins a dream of the protagonist in "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) An eye.
(b) An ear.
(c) A hand.
(d) A heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Circular Ruins", how does the protagonist travel to the ruins?

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

3. What is unusual about the characters in The Secret Mirror?

4. In "Death and the Compass," why do the police believe the rabbi was murdered?

5. Who is most likely the traitor that Fergus Kilpatrick sentences to death?

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