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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which chess pieces are discussed in Menard's chess article?
(a) The queens.
(b) The bishop's pawns.
(c) The rook's pawns.
(d) The knights.

2. What are Uqbar and Tlon?
(a) Men.
(b) Books.
(c) Foods.
(d) Inventions.

3. What does the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins" love to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Dance.
(c) Read.
(d) Sleep.

4. How is the universe described in "The Library of Babel"?
(a) As a shelf of books.
(b) As pages in a book.
(c) As a large room.
(d) As a large library.

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

6. Which room do the Purifiers seek?
(a) The Reading Room.
(b) The Crimson Circle.
(c) The Crimson Hexagon.
(d) The exit.

7. Who approaches Dr. Stephen Albert's house while he and Dr. Yu Tsun are conversing?
(a) Vietcong.
(b) Ts'ui Pen.
(c) British soldiers.
(d) Richard Madden.

8. From what point of view is "The Garden of Forking Paths" written?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person.

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

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

11. What happens to Herbert Ashe in "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"?
(a) He breaks a mirror.
(b) He finds "The First Encyclopedia of Tlon."
(c) He dies.
(d) He is arrested.

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

13. How many books does the library of Babel contain?
(a) All of them.
(b) One.
(c) A million.
(d) Seven.

14. What fear does the protagonist of "The Circular Ruins" have for his son?
(a) He will die in a fire.
(b) He will discover he is the product of a dream.
(c) He will disappear.
(d) The gods will steal him.

15. What happens to the blind astrologer in "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?
(a) He is healed.
(b) He suddenly disappears.
(c) He falls from the tower.
(d) He dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are some lottery players imprisoned?

2. In "The Circular Ruins", how does the protagonist travel to the ruins?

3. How is the lottery unusual?

4. Which measurement system is discussed in one of Pierre Menard's manuscripts?

5. Which books often drive people to insanity?

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