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

2. What happens to Herbert Ashe in "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He finds "The First Encyclopedia of Tlon."
(d) He breaks a mirror.

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

4. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who does the student speak with on top of the tower?
(a) A robber.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) Al-Mu'tasim.
(d) An eagle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator think of Pierre Menard's rewrite?

4. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," why does the student decide to travel the country?

5. Which Menard manuscript describes the possibility of a new vocabulary?

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