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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 Garden of Forking Paths.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What opinion does the narrator have of Herbert Quain's work?
(a) It is trite and meaningless.
(b) It is genius.
(c) It is the work of an amateur.
(d) He could do better.

2. What is The Secret Mirror?
(a) A play.
(b) A novel.
(c) A short story.
(d) A magazine article.

3. From what point of view is "An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain" written?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

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

5. What is the Company?
(a) The lottery players.
(b) The group that runs the lottery.
(c) The merchant's guild.
(d) The bank.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what languages are the books of "The Library of Babel" written?

3. What does the lottery cause?

4. What happens to the blind astrologer in "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?

5. Who is Richard Madden?

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