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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Dr. Yu Tsun shoot?
(a) Himself.
(b) Dr. Stephen Albert.
(c) Richard Madden.
(d) Ts'ui Pen.

3. Who is the Man of the Book?
(a) The author of the library.
(b) A man who destroys inappropriate books.
(c) A messianic figure who has read the library catalog.
(d) Keeper of the Crimson Hexagon.

4. 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 begin to look like Tertius.
(c) It will be taken over by Tlon.
(d) It will merge with Uqbar.

5. Who is Al-Mu'tasim?
(a) The student's father.
(b) A blind astrologer.
(c) A kind Persian bookseller.
(d) A Hindu prophet.

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

7. Which Menard manuscript describes the possibility of a new vocabulary?
(a) A sonnet.
(b) A monograph.
(c) A script for Don Quixote.
(d) A magazine.

8. In "The Circular Ruins," what happens to the body organ in the protagonist's dream?
(a) It grows and develops into a man.
(b) It rises into the air.
(c) It grows and develops into a woman.
(d) It disappears.

9. What power does the Company have over lottery players?
(a) Governing.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Life and death.
(d) None.

10. What does the narrator think of Pierre Menard's rewrite?
(a) It is trite and meaningless.
(b) It has more passion than the original.
(c) It is illegal and immoral.
(d) It is the work of an amateur.

11. Who is Richard Madden?
(a) A British statesman.
(b) An instructor for the VAF.
(c) The man who wants to arrest Dr.Yu Tsun.
(d) A pilot for the RAF.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator, what is the most important theme of "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?

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

5. What happens to the blind astrologer in "The Approach of Al-Mu'tasim"?

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