1. Find the source for the quotation recalled by Trimble, "And Richard Cory one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head."

Who wrote it? How does it apply to "All the Myriad Ways"?

2. What role does cause and effect play in police investigations? Cite examples and explain how cause-and-effect reasoning was used.

3. The Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges was an advocate of the idea of everbranching timelines and influenced many American writers with his work.

Read his "Garden of Forking Paths" and compare it to "All the Myriad Ways." Which is the more sophisticated work? Which story makes the better case for its point of view? Which view do you believe is correct?

4. Is Trimble's point of view culturally biased? Are there cultures that have no cause and effect? Are there cultures that strive to eliminate...