Jorge Borges: Short Stories Quizzes

Jorge Borges: Short Stories Quiz 1

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1 The mechanics of what game imitate a labyrinth in Borges' stories?

Chess

Mancala

Checkers

Poker
2 The eventual domination of reality by Tlön can mostly clearly be viewed as a critique of:

duodecimal mechanics.

obscure books.

institutionalized religion.

God.
3 Borges first heard of Uqbar from:

Bioy Casares.

Pierre Menard.

Philip Guedala.

Xul Solar.
4 Hrönir are best described as:

a weapon class of the soldiers of Tlön.

imperfect replicas of lost objects.

the misconceptions typical of those not yet initiated into Tlön.

metaphysical paradigms arising from the temporal Weltanschauung of Tlönians.
5 The imaginary country which Borges finds in an encyclopedia is called:

Tlön.

Uqbar.

Ur.

Orbis Tertius.
6 "Orbis Tertius" translates to

"Third Orb."

"Round Hypothesis."

"Collective Tension."

"The Twisted Globe."
7 The dystopian aftermath of Uqbar, Tlön, and Obris Tertius are recounted by Borges in the year:

1947.

1893.

1939.

1984.
8 The full potential of the secret society responsible for Tlön was made possible by the ambition and capital of:

Jorge Luis Borges.

Martínez Estrada.

Bioy Casares.

Ezra Buckley.
9 The world of Tlön lends itself to a diversity of theories of:

epistemology.

science.

metaphysics.

mathematics.
10 The artifact unearthed in the real world and identified as an artifact of Tlön was an inexplicably heavy, very small:

pyramid.

cube.

sphere.

cone.
11 Borges believed that ideas which could be communicated orally in five minutes were better suited to _______ than ____.____.

poems; short stories

short stories; novels

novels; short stories

poems; novels
12 Borges at one point implies that he unwittingly drew all the stories of The Garden of Working Paths from the short stories of:

Herbert Quain.

Democritus.

Cervantes.

Pierre Menard.
13 "Simurgh" means:

justice.

sky lord.

end of days.

thirty birds.
14 "Al-Mu'tasim" means:

the chosen one.

he who waits for the worthy one.

he who goes in quest of aid.

seeker of truth.
15 The second edition of Mir Bahadur Ali's novel differed from the original by including:

illustrations.

a name for the main character.

five extra chapters.

an afterword by Borges.
16 The first edition of Mir Bahadur Ali's novel was published in:

1940.

1934.

1941.

1932.
17 In the beginning of Mir Bahadur Ali's novel, the protagonist believes that he kills:

a child.

a priest.

a Muslim.

a Hindu.
18 Borges believes that the second edition of The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim suffers from added _______.

religious allegory

similarity to The Council of the Birds

cyclical descriptions of the search for morality

self-aware commentary by the narrator
19 Borges compares Mir Bahadur Ali's novel to an ancient epic by:

Heroditus.

Plato.

Attar.

Homer.
20 Besides writing, Mir Bahadur Ali works as:

a scientist.

a judge.

a doctor.

an attorney.
21 The protagonist of The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim is:

a housewife.

a doctor.

a mercenary.

a law student.
22 Critics of Mir Bahadur Ali's book comment that it:

contains elements of mystery and mysticism.

has all the hallmarks of an original religious document.

reads as implying a tragic death just prior to the beginning of the story.

is an exact duplicate of The Odyssey.
23 What is the name of the protagonist in The Circular Ruins?

Attar

Yu Tsun

Simurgh

He is nameless
24 Which of the following does Fire NOT resemble?

A tempest

A lion

A rose

A horse
25 The educational style applied by the protagonist in The Circular Ruins in his dreams is:

contemplative.

dialectical.

lecture-based.

seminar-style.

The Garden of Forking Paths

Dr. Yu Tsun is the story's narrator.

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