Jorge Borges: Short Stories Quizzes

Jorge Borges: Short Stories Quiz 1

By Aaron Suduiko · Edited by Neal Adolph Akatsuka · Last reviewed August 10, 2015

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

Poker

Mancala

Chess

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

institutionalized religion.

duodecimal mechanics.

obscure books.

God.
3 Borges first heard of Uqbar from:

Bioy Casares.

Xul Solar.

Pierre Menard.

Philip Guedala.
4 Hrönir are best described as:

a weapon class of the soldiers of Tlön.

the misconceptions typical of those not yet initiated into Tlön.

metaphysical paradigms arising from the temporal Weltanschauung of Tlönians.

imperfect replicas of lost objects.
5 The imaginary country which Borges finds in an encyclopedia is called:

Orbis Tertius.

Tlön.

Uqbar.

Ur.
6 "Orbis Tertius" translates to

"Collective Tension."

"Round Hypothesis."

"The Twisted Globe."

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

1893.

1939.

1947.

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

Bioy Casares.

Ezra Buckley.

Jorge Luis Borges.

Martínez Estrada.
9 The world of Tlön lends itself to a diversity of theories of:

mathematics.

epistemology.

science.

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

pyramid.

sphere.

cube.

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

poems; novels

short stories; novels

poems; short stories

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

Pierre Menard.

Herbert Quain.

Cervantes.

Democritus.
13 "Simurgh" means:

end of days.

sky lord.

thirty birds.

justice.
14 "Al-Mu'tasim" means:

he who goes in quest of aid.

he who waits for the worthy one.

the chosen one.

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

a name for the main character.

an afterword by Borges.

five extra chapters.

illustrations.
16 The first edition of Mir Bahadur Ali's novel was published in:

1940.

1932.

1934.

1941.
17 In the beginning of Mir Bahadur Ali's novel, the protagonist believes that he kills:

a Hindu.

a priest.

a child.

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

self-aware commentary by the narrator

religious allegory

cyclical descriptions of the search for morality

similarity to The Council of the Birds
19 Borges compares Mir Bahadur Ali's novel to an ancient epic by:

Attar.

Homer.

Plato.

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

an attorney.

a doctor.

a judge.

a scientist.
21 The protagonist of The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim is:

a mercenary.

a housewife.

a law student.

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

is an exact duplicate of The Odyssey.

has all the hallmarks of an original religious document.

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

contains elements of mystery and mysticism.
23 What is the name of the protagonist in The Circular Ruins?

Simurgh

Yu Tsun

He is nameless

Attar
24 Which of the following does Fire NOT resemble?

A tempest

A horse

A rose

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

dialectical.

lecture-based.

contemplative.

seminar-style.

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