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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Garden of Forking Paths, The Garden of Forking Paths.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are some lottery players imprisoned?
(a) They refuse to buy tickets.
(b) They murder the winners.
(c) They steal tickets.
(d) They refuse to pay a fine.

2. What does Dr. Yu Tsun discuss with Dr. Stephen Albert?
(a) Ts'ui Pen's poetry.
(b) The war.
(c) Ts'ui Pen's labyrinth.
(d) Ts'ui Pen's sculpture.

3. How does Pierre Menard describe the work of Edgar Allen Poe?
(a) Verbose.
(b) Essential to literature.
(c) The work of an amateur.
(d) Trite and meaningless.

4. From what point of view is "An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain" written?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person omniscient.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

5. How many stories are contained in April March?
(a) Two.
(b) Nine.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of genre is Herbert Quain's first novel?

2. What is The Secret Mirror?

3. What is the name of the god of the temple in "The Circular Ruins"?

4. What does the lottery cause?

5. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," which two groups are involved in a conflict?

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