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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 "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," which author is Menard most obsessed with?
(a) Cervantes.
(b) William Blake.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Milton.

2. Thematically, "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote" deals most closely with which of the following?
(a) The evils of plagiarism.
(b) The inferiority of the novel as an art form.
(c) Borges's thinly disguised self-hatred.
(d) The nature of literary criticism and the issues surrounding interpretation.

3. In "The Chamber of Statues," where is the king warned not to go?
(a) The Tower.
(b) On a ship.
(c) To a bazaar.
(d) Russia.

4. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Tlon?
(a) The narrator's term for deja vu.
(b) A genius servant, who fools others by pretending to be a simpleton.
(c) A fictitious planet described in a mysterious encyclopedia volume.
(d) A food that bestows immortality on those who eat it.

5. 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) The murder of her husband.
(c) She is brainwashed by another pirate.
(d) After knitting a pirate flag, she strangely decides she has to actually use it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Mirror of Ink," what does the ruler want the sorcerer to show him?

3. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wishes to do what?

4. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what occupation does Ching decide on, after she gives up pirating?

5. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," how does Tom make a living after he gets out of jail?

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