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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Artifices: Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Garden of Forking Paths," who has Dr. Yu arrested?
(a) Pierre Menard.
(b) Dr. Albert, affiliated with the police, handcuffs Yu before he dies.
(c) Dr. Yu turns himself in at the police station.
(d) Richard Madden.

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

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

4. In "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim is revealed to have what disease?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Skin cancer.
(d) He has no disease.

5. In "A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain," Quain's work can best be described as which of the following?
(a) Coded to teach medical students how to perform surgery.
(b) Bizarrely structured, and based on outrageous and esoteric themes.
(c) Straightforward.
(d) Seemingly pornographic, but with a religious message embedded within.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death and the Compass," where is Dr. Yarmolinsky killed?

2. In "The Wizard that was Made to Wait," what does the church dean do with the magic he learns?

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

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

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

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