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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. What does the narrator believe will eventually happen to the planet on which he lives?
(a) It will merge with Uqbar.
(b) It will be destroyed by time.
(c) It will begin to look like Tertius.
(d) It will be taken over by Tlon.

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

3. What fascinates the narrator the most about the planet of Tlon?
(a) The laws of nature.
(b) The languages of the planet.
(c) The passage of time.
(d) The mirrors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miguel de Cervantes?

2. Who is Herbert Ashe?

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

4. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", from what source does one of the men quote?

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

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