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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Artifices, The End.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who examines Pierre Menard's manuscripts?
(a) Miguel de Cervantes.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Don Quixote.

3. From what illness does Nils Runeberg suffer?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Epilepsy.

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

5. In his anger, how does the Irishman injure John Vincent Moon?
(a) He slashes Moon in the face.
(b) He whips Moon's back.
(c) He burns Moon's hands.
(d) He strikes Moon's broken leg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the lottery unusual?

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

4. What body organ begins a dream of the protagonist in "The Circular Ruins"?

5. What happens to the blind astrologer in "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?

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