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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 Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," what causes Tom's fake identity scheme to fall apart?
(a) Ebenezer Bogle's death.
(b) Ebenezer Bogle runs out of ideas for perpetuating the fraud.
(c) The real person, whom Tom was impersonating, returns.
(d) At the trial, a saavy lawyer produces papers demonstrating Tom can't be who he says he is.

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

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) Killed a Muslim.
(b) Committed adultery.
(c) Committed blasphemy.
(d) Killed a Hindu.

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

5. What does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) That he himself is a dream.
(b) He is a jaguar.
(c) Dreams aren't that important.
(d) He has been sleeping too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," can best be described as which of the following?

2. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," what city does Lazarus plan to overtake?

3. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," what stops Lazarus from completing his sinister plans?

4. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," who or what is Al-Mu'tasim supposed to be?

5. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," what is Orbis Tertius?

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