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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "Story of the Two Dreamers," what does the man's dream tell him?
(a) He will die in battle.
(b) He will become a priest who doesn't believe in God.
(c) He will marry a princess.
(d) He will make money in Persia.

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

5. In "The Shape of the Sword," what do we learn of Vincent Moon'?
(a) He never existed.
(b) He became a politican in Ireland.
(c) He is actually the very same man who tells the narrator the story of Moon's treachery.
(d) He has died years back.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Funes, His Memory," the powers of Funes can best be described as which of the following?

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

4. In "Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote," which author is Menard most obsessed with?

5. In "Funes, His Memory," at what age does Funes die?

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