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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, The Circular Ruins.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins" love to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sleep.

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

3. Which great literary work does Pierre Menard rewrite?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) A Farewell to Arms.

4. What do the people of Tlon consider to be the most powerful tool mankind can possess?
(a) Reflection.
(b) The mind.
(c) Water.
(d) Time.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," why does the student run to the top of a tower?

4. What is the name of the god of the temple in "The Circular Ruins"?

5. Who examines Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

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