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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Menard manuscript describes the possibility of a new vocabulary?
(a) A script for Don Quixote.
(b) A sonnet.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A monograph.

2. What war is being fought in "The Garden of Forking Paths"?
(a) World War I.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Korea.
(d) World War II.

3. According to the narrator, what is the most important theme of "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?
(a) Revenge poisons the vengeful.
(b) Anger destroys the soul.
(c) Peace is found through humble apology.
(d) The journey is more important than the destination.

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

5. Where is "The Babylon Lottery" set?
(a) Ancient Babylon.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Qaphqa.
(d) Modern day Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Herbert Quain mentioned in the newspaper?

2. Who is Herbert Ashe?

3. What opinion does the narrator have of Herbert Quain's work?

4. In "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim," which character writes a detective novel?

5. Who is Ts'ui Pen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first dream from "The Circular Ruins."

2. Describe Pierre Menard.

3. How does Dr. Yu Tsun arrive at Stephen Albert's house?

4. What causes some people in the library of Babel to go insane?

5. Why can't the inappropriate information in the library of Babel be destroyed?

6. What does Dr. Stephen Albert reveal to Dr. Yu Tsun?

7. What fear does the Company in "The Babylon Lottery" inspire?

8. Describe Al-Mu'tasim.

9. Why do some players of the Babylon lottery end up in jail?

10. Why is the student trying to find Al-Mu'tasim?

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