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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Garden of Forked Paths, The Babylon Lottery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pierre Menard describe "Don Quixote"?
(a) The work of an amateur.
(b) As an important work of literature.
(c) An essential work of literature.
(d) Trite and meaningless.

2. Who is the hero of "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim"?
(a) Al-Mu'tasim.
(b) A robber.
(c) A student.
(d) A lawyer.

3. In "The Babylon Lottery," which characters first sponsor the lottery?
(a) Barbers.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Bankers.
(d) Merchants.

4. Which author corresponds with the narrator in "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote"?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) Miguel de Cervantes.
(c) Pierre Menard.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," why does the student decide to travel the country?

3. What is unique about the objects from Tlon that are released into the narrator's world?

4. Why do some lottery players protest the rules of the lottery?

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

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