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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 are Uqbar and Tlon?
(a) Foods.
(b) Inventions.
(c) Men.
(d) Books.

2. Who is Al-Mu'tasim?
(a) A blind astrologer.
(b) A Hindu prophet.
(c) A kind Persian bookseller.
(d) The student's father.

3. Which chess pieces are discussed in Menard's chess article?
(a) The bishop's pawns.
(b) The rook's pawns.
(c) The queens.
(d) The knights.

4. Which poetic form is discovered among Pierre Menard's manuscripts?
(a) A ballad.
(b) An ode.
(c) Limericks.
(d) A sonnet.

5. What do the people of Tlon consider to be the most powerful tool mankind can possess?
(a) Reflection.
(b) Time.
(c) The mind.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear does the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins" have for his son?

2. Who is the hero of "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim"?

3. What does the god of the temple promise the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins"?

4. Where is "The Babylon Lottery" set?

5. What is Qaphqa?

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