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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 Garden of Forking Paths.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the Purifiers?
(a) A group of authors.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Guardians of the Crimson Hexagon.
(d) A group that destroys inappropriate books.

3. Which measurement system is discussed in one of Pierre Menard's manuscripts?
(a) Metric.
(b) Imperial.
(c) Volume.
(d) Nautical.

4. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", from what source does one of the men quote?
(a) A scientific journal.
(b) A novel.
(c) An encyclopedia.
(d) A play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who examines Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

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

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

4. From what point of view is "The Babylon Lottery" written?

5. Who is the Man of the Book?

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