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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. What is unique about the objects from Tlon that are released into the narrator's world?
(a) They melt after a few days.
(b) They do not reflect images.
(c) They are cold.
(d) They are real objects from an imaginary world.

2. What do the stories in April March share?
(a) The last chapter.
(b) The first chapter.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) The protagonist.

3. Why do some lottery players protest the rules of the lottery?
(a) They do not want to wait long for the next drawing.
(b) They feel the lottery is taking over their city.
(c) They need food to live.
(d) They feel only the rich can win.

4. Which books often drive people to insanity?
(a) Books of law.
(b) All of them.
(c) Crimson Hexagons.
(d) Vindications.

5. Who is Herbert Ashe?
(a) An acquaintance of the narrator's family.
(b) A famous author.
(c) The narrator.
(d) A manufacturer of mirrors.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what point of view is "An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain" written?

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

3. What does the lottery cause?

4. To whom does the protagonist in "The Circular Ruins" pray?

5. In "The Babylon Lottery," which characters first sponsor the lottery?

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