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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. How is the lottery unusual?
(a) A new drawing after the death of the previous lottery winner.
(b) There are adverse outcomes for some players.
(c) People trade food for lottery tickets.
(d) Winners are sent into exile.

2. How many stories are contained in April March?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) One.

3. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," why does the student run to the top of a tower?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is tired of all the fighting.
(c) He believes he has killed someone.
(d) He longs to end his suffering.

4. What are the Vindications?
(a) The laws of the Library of Babel.
(b) Books of apology and prophecy.
(c) Books that cause destruction.
(d) Songs of the future.

5. What does the narrator believe will eventually happen to the planet on which he lives?
(a) It will be destroyed by time.
(b) It will merge with Uqbar.
(c) It will be taken over by Tlon.
(d) It will begin to look like Tertius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape are the rooms in the library of Babel?

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

3. What does the lottery cause?

4. What is Qaphqa?

5. What type of genre is Herbert Quain's first novel?

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