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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Garden of Forking Paths: Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Mirror of Ink," what does the ruler want the sorcerer to show him?
(a) The winner of a horse race.
(b) The secret activities of another ruler.
(c) The face of a man who is to be executed.
(d) The fate of his wife.

2. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," who first finds an article about Uqbar?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Tlon.
(c) Bioy Casares.
(d) Herbert Ashe.

3. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," what does the law student think he has done that causes him to live in exile with India's most wretched populace?
(a) Committed blasphemy.
(b) Killed a Hindu.
(c) Killed a Muslim.
(d) Committed adultery.

4. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what prompts the protagonist to become a pirate?
(a) She is obsessed with the works of Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) She is brainwashed by another pirate.
(c) After knitting a pirate flag, she strangely decides she has to actually use it.
(d) The murder of her husband.

5. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what occupation does Ching decide on, after she gives up pirating?
(a) Becoming the admiral of the Imperial fleet.
(b) Smuggling opium.
(c) Becoming the Emperor's advisor.
(d) Giving sailing lessons to the Emperor's children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does Rosendo do after the fight with the Yardmaster?

2. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," who convinces Tom to create a fake identity?

3. In "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim is revealed to have what disease?

4. What does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?

5. In "The Chamber of Statues," where is the king warned not to go?

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