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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which measurement system is discussed in one of Pierre Menard's manuscripts?
(a) Volume.
(b) Nautical.
(c) Imperial.
(d) Metric.

2. Where does the narrator discover "The First Encyclopedia of Tlon"?
(a) Among Herbert Ashe's possessions.
(b) On the island of Tertius.
(c) Inside a mirror.
(d) In the library.

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what is unique about the description of the country in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?
(a) Mirrors there do not reflect images.
(b) The laws of nature have been reversed.
(c) It exists on only one copy of the encyclopedia.
(d) It exists on two worlds.

4. Which Menard manuscript describes the possibility of a new vocabulary?
(a) A script for Don Quixote.
(b) A sonnet.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A monograph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who examines Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

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

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what country are the characters searching for in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?

4. What does the narrator believe will eventually happen to the planet on which he lives?

5. In "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim," which character writes a detective novel?

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