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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 is unique about the objects from Tlon that are released into the narrator's world?
(a) They are real objects from an imaginary world.
(b) They do not reflect images.
(c) They melt after a few days.
(d) They are cold.

2. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," why does the student decide to travel the country?
(a) To find a purpose for his life.
(b) To look for one honest man.
(c) To make amends for his sin.
(d) To see where his father lived.

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

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

5. What happens to the blind astrologer in "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?
(a) He falls from the tower.
(b) He dies.
(c) He is healed.
(d) He suddenly disappears.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which great literary work does Pierre Menard rewrite?

4. Who is Al-Mu'tasim?

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

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