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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 "Man on the Pink Corner," what does the Yardmaster challenge Rosendo to?
(a) A foot race.
(b) A wrestling match.
(c) A knife fight.
(d) A duel with pistols.

2. In "A Theologian in Death," Melancthon believes that salvation is achieved in what way?
(a) By giving up all of one's possessions.
(b) He does not believe salvation is possible.
(c) Through faith alone.
(d) Through living virtuously.

3. What does the sorcerer discover at the end of "The Circular Ruins"?
(a) That he himself is a dream.
(b) Dreams aren't that important.
(c) He has been sleeping too much.
(d) He is a jaguar.

4. In "The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan," where does Bill commit most of his outlaw acts?
(a) The Wild West.
(b) Europe.
(c) New York City.
(d) Australia.

5. In "The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro," what causes Tom's fake identity scheme to fall apart?
(a) Ebenezer Bogle runs out of ideas for perpetuating the fraud.
(b) The real person, whom Tom was impersonating, returns.
(c) At the trial, a saavy lawyer produces papers demonstrating Tom can't be who he says he is.
(d) Ebenezer Bogle's death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan," who shoots Bill?

3. In "The Circular Ruins," other than the sorcerer himself, who knows about the content of his dreams?

4. In "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," what does the law student think he has done that causes him to live in exile with India's most wretched populace?

5. In "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities," what does Eastman do to become a bouncer?

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