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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. Why is Herbert Quain mentioned in the newspaper?
(a) He is being honored for his work.
(b) He has been arrested.
(c) He has died.
(d) He has written an article about mirrors.

2. Which poetic form is discovered among Pierre Menard's manuscripts?
(a) An ode.
(b) A ballad.
(c) Limericks.
(d) A sonnet.

3. In "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim," which character writes a detective novel?
(a) A student.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A blind astrologer.
(d) A robber.

4. Who is Herbert Ashe?
(a) An acquaintance of the narrator's family.
(b) A manufacturer of mirrors.
(c) A famous author.
(d) The narrator.

5. From what point of view is "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim" written?
(a) Second person omniscient.
(b) Third person.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the hero of "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim"?

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

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

4. To whom does the protagonist in "The Circular Ruins" pray?

5. What does the god of the temple promise the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins"?

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