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

2. How does Pierre Menard describe the work of Edgar Allen Poe?
(a) Essential to literature.
(b) Trite and meaningless.
(c) Verbose.
(d) The work of an amateur.

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what topic is the narrator discussing when the subject of the encyclopedia is brought up?
(a) Mirrors.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Books.
(d) Time.

4. To whom does the protagonist in "The Circular Ruins" pray?
(a) The planetary gods.
(b) The sun.
(c) No one.
(d) The moon and stars.

5. From what point of view is "The Babylon Lottery" written?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Second person omniscient.
(d) Third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the lottery unusual?

2. What does the lottery cause?

3. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," which two groups are involved in a conflict?

4. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," where does the student go after he leaves Indapur?

5. Who examines Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

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