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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. In "The Circular Ruins", how does the protagonist travel to the ruins?
(a) On a horse.
(b) In a canoe.
(c) On an eagle.
(d) In a cart.

2. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what topic is the narrator discussing when the subject of the encyclopedia is brought up?
(a) Time.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) Books.

3. Which chess pieces are discussed in Menard's chess article?
(a) The rook's pawns.
(b) The bishop's pawns.
(c) The knights.
(d) The queens.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fascinates the narrator the most about the planet of Tlon?

2. What happens to the blind astrologer in "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?

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

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

5. Which great literary work does Pierre Menard rewrite?

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