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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Aleph: Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," which author is Menard most obsessed with?
(a) Milton.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Cervantes.
(d) William Blake.

2. In "The Theologians," what best describes Borges's characterization of theological disputes?
(a) They are clear-cut: there is a good side and a bad side.
(b) They are necessary and useful means of achieving immutable truth.
(c) They are absurd, contradictory, and essentially lead to madness.
(d) They are pleasant means of expressing one's ideas.

3. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," why does Dr. Yu murder Dr. Albert?
(a) Dr. Albert made derogatory remarks about Asians.
(b) Dr. Albert stole his wife.
(c) To alert the German command where to bomb a city named Albert.
(d) He is insane.

4. In "The Theologians," what do the Monotoni believe?
(a) Good works, and not faith, are the path to salvation.
(b) God is malevolent.
(c) Nothing in history truly repeats itself.
(d) Everything in history repeats itself.

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Orbis Tertius?
(a) An undiscovered number.
(b) Herbert Ashe's code name.
(c) The trade name for a secret society that describes Tlon and Uqbar.
(d) The narrator's award for Latin, that he received in college.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Cult of the Phoenix," what is the Cult of the Phoenix?

2. Thematically, "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote" deals most closely with which of the following?

3. In "The Immortal," what is Marcus's profession?

4. In "The Theologians," why is John of Pannonia killed?

5. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what occupation does Ching decide on, after she gives up pirating?

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