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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins" steps into the burning ruins?
(a) He body burns, leaving his heart.
(b) He dies.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He does not burn.

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

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

4. Why are some lottery players imprisoned?
(a) They murder the winners.
(b) They steal tickets.
(c) They refuse to buy tickets.
(d) They refuse to pay a fine.

5. What power does the Company have over lottery players?
(a) None.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Governing.
(d) Life and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", what topic is the narrator discussing when the subject of the encyclopedia is brought up?

2. What is April March?

3. Which author corresponds with the narrator in "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote"?

4. Which great literary work does Pierre Menard rewrite?

5. What is The God of the Labyrinth?

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