View a FREE sample

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. In "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim," which character writes a detective novel?
(a) A blind astrologer.
(b) A robber.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A student.

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

3. From what point of view is "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim" written?
(a) Second person omniscient.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person.

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

5. Which poem does Pierre Menard describe as being an essential work of literature?
(a) O Captain! My Captain!
(b) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
(c) Bee! I'm expecting you!
(d) The Road Not Taken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poetic form is discovered among Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

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

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what is unique about the description of the country in the The Anglo-American Encyclopedia?

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

5. According to the narrator, what is the most important theme of "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 261 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample