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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Artifices, Death and the Compass.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Shakespearean character is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Marcus Brutus.
(d) Hamlet.

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

4. How is John Vincent Moon wounded?
(a) His chest is sliced by a bayonet.
(b) Both legs are broken from a fall.
(c) He hits his head on a rock.
(d) His shoulder is grazed by a bullet.

5. Who is the narrator in "An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain"?
(a) Menard.
(b) Borges.
(c) Quain.
(d) Al-Mu'tasim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Erik Lonnrot believe the rabbi was murdered?

2. In "The Form of the Sword," when does the Irish rebellion take place?

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

4. What does the narrator ask the Englishman after dinner?

5. Who is the narrator visiting when he meets Ireneo Funes for the first time?

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