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Short Answer Questions - Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

1. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what topic is the narrator discussing when the subject of the encyclopedia is brought up?

2. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", from what source does one of the men quote?

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what country are the characters searching for in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?

4. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what is unique about the description of the country in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?

5. Who is Herbert Ashe?

6. What happens to Herbert Ashe in "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"?

7. Where does the narrator discover "The First Encyclopedia of Tlon"?

8. What fascinates the narrator the most about...
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