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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 Wizard that was Made to Wait," what does the church dean do with the magic he learns?
(a) He becomes the richest man on earth.
(b) He becomes a sultan in Turkey.
(c) He does nothing--he is content to be a dean, with the knowledge of his magic.
(d) He beomes Pope.

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

3. In "The Circular Ruins," other than the sorcerer himself, who knows about the content of his dreams?
(a) No one.
(b) His wife.
(c) Everyone on earth.
(d) The fire god.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Man on the Pink Corner," what does the Yardmaster challenge Rosendo to?

2. In "The Widow Ching--Pirate," what does the second Imperial fleet do when they encounter Ching?

3. In "The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan," where does Bill commit most of his outlaw acts?

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

5. In "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim's religious sect hates what things?

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