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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 Circular Ruins," what does the sorcerer do in his dreams?
(a) Meets the most beautiful woman alive.
(b) Creates a man.
(c) Turns into an eagle.
(d) Rules the world.

2. In "The Wizard that was Made to Wait," what does the church dean do with the magic he learns?
(a) He beomes Pope.
(b) He becomes the richest man on earth.
(c) He does nothing--he is content to be a dean, with the knowledge of his magic.
(d) He becomes a sultan in Turkey.

3. In "The Uncivil Teacher of Court Etiquette Kotsuke no Suke," what is the lord of Ako supposed to do as punishment for slashing Kotsuke no Suke with a sword?
(a) Commit suicide by hari-kari.
(b) Convert to Christianity.
(c) Be imprisoned in a dungeon for twenty years.
(d) Cut off his hand and feed the pieces to the Emperor's Koi.

4. In "The Chamber of Statues," where is the king warned not to go?
(a) To a bazaar.
(b) Russia.
(c) The Tower.
(d) On a ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities," Eastman does what after serving ten years in prison?

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

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

4. In "The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell," what city does Lazarus plan to overtake?

5. In "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv," Hakim is revealed to have what disease?

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