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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. Which author corresponds with the narrator in "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote"?
(a) Pierre Menard.
(b) Miguel de Cervantes.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

2. From what point of view is "The Circular Ruins" written?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person omniscient.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

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

4. In "The Circular Ruins," what happens to the body organ in the protagonist's dream?
(a) It rises into the air.
(b) It disappears.
(c) It grows and develops into a man.
(d) It grows and develops into a woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins" steps into the burning ruins?

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

3. From what point of view is "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim" written?

4. Who is Miguel de Cervantes?

5. What body organ begins a dream of the protagonist in "The Circular Ruins"?

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