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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is The God of the Labyrinth?
(a) A satirical play.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) A magazine article.
(d) A detective story.

5. What fascinates the narrator the most about the planet of Tlon?
(a) The mirrors.
(b) The languages of the planet.
(c) The laws of nature.
(d) The passage of time.

6. What are the Vindications?
(a) Books of apology and prophecy.
(b) Books that cause destruction.
(c) The laws of the Library of Babel.
(d) Songs of the future.

7. What is exchanged for bits of bone or decorated parchment in "The Babylon Lottery"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Food.
(c) Tickets.
(d) Money.

8. How does Pierre Menard describe "Don Quixote"?
(a) Trite and meaningless.
(b) The work of an amateur.
(c) An essential work of literature.
(d) As an important work of literature.

9. How many stories are contained in April March?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Nine.

10. What is the Company?
(a) The bank.
(b) The group that runs the lottery.
(c) The lottery players.
(d) The merchant's guild.

11. What do the Purifiers burn?
(a) Ashes.
(b) The library.
(c) Library cards.
(d) Inappropriate books.

12. From what point of view is "The Library of Babel" written?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Second person omniscient.
(d) First person.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what point of view is "The Garden of Forking Paths" written?

2. Who is the student searching for in "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim"?

3. Who is Ts'ui Pen?

4. What is The Secret Mirror?

5. What does the narrator believe will eventually happen to the planet on which he lives?

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