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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. Who is Ts'ui Pen?
(a) An instructor for the VAF.
(b) The man who wants to arrest Dr.Yu Tsun.
(c) An ancestor of Dr.Yu Tsun.
(d) A peddler.

2. Who is the student searching for in "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim"?
(a) The blind astrologer.
(b) A saint who walks the Earth.
(c) The Moslem family.
(d) The Hindu family.

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

4. What does Dr. Stephen Albert believe is hidden in Ts'ui Pen's novel?
(a) A poem.
(b) A drawing.
(c) A labyrinth.
(d) A map.

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what country are the characters searching for in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?
(a) Uqbar.
(b) Tertius.
(c) Tlon.
(d) Zion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is "The Babylon Lottery" set?

2. From what point of view is "The Library of Babel" written?

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

4. Which poetic form is discovered among Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

5. What does Ts'ui Pen wish to create before his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opinion does Pierre Menard have of Cervantes' "Don Quixote"?

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

3. Describe Pierre Menard.

4. In "The Circular Ruins," what revelation does the protagonist have about his own identity?

5. What revelation does the narrator have about Uqbar and Tlon at the end of the story, "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"?

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

7. What inconsistencies exist in the writings of Herbert Quain?

8. What is the irony prevalent in "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote"?

9. Describe Herbert Quain.

10. What is discovered among the late Herbert Ashe's belongings?

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