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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 Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan," where does Bill commit most of his outlaw acts?
(a) Australia.
(b) Europe.
(c) The Wild West.
(d) New York City.

2. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," who convinces Tom to create a fake identity?
(a) Lady Tichbourne's son.
(b) Lady Tichbourne.
(c) Tom gets the idea himself.
(d) Ebenezer Bogle.

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

4. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," Menard wishes to do what?
(a) Prove that Don Quixote has no place in the canon of literature.
(b) Write a novel of his own, based on the future adventures of Quixote.
(c) Rewrite Don Quixote line by line.
(d) Write a scholarly analysis of Don Quixote.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Theologian in Death," Melancthon believes that salvation is achieved in what way?

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

3. In "The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan," who shoots Bill?

4. In "The Mirror of Ink," what happens to the ruler from prying too deeply into a vision?

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

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