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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Artifices, The South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Dr. Yu Tsun?
(a) A professor.
(b) A spy.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A statesman.

2. What does Jaromir Hladik hear in a dream?
(a) He will have the time to finish his play.
(b) The wind blowing his name.
(c) He will live forever.
(d) He will change the world.

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

4. What does Dr. Yu Tsun discuss with Dr. Stephen Albert?
(a) Ts'ui Pen's poetry.
(b) Ts'ui Pen's labyrinth.
(c) The war.
(d) Ts'ui Pen's sculpture.

5. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who does the student speak with on top of the tower?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A robber.
(c) An eagle.
(d) Al-Mu'tasim.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pierre Menard describe "Don Quixote"?

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

3. What are the Vindications?

4. Why does Ireneo Funes feel that language is futile?

5. How do the stranger and the black man resolve their differences?

(see the answer key)

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