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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," how does Tom make a living after he gets out of jail?
(a) He writes a bestselling book on how to impersonate.
(b) Having learned the law from his trial, he becomes a lawyer.
(c) He gives speeches to audiences arguing either that he is innocent or guilty.
(d) He sells rare coins.

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

3. In "Mahomed's Double," what happens when the Muslims see a vision of Mohamed?
(a) They instantly know the path to salvation.
(b) They fall into trances.
(c) Their eyes melt.
(d) Nothing.

4. In "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim's religious sect hates what things?
(a) Mirrors and copulation.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Bibles.
(d) Knives.

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) 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Circular Ruins," what does the sorcerer do in his dreams?

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

3. In "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," who first finds an article about Uqbar?

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

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

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