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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Bribe," what does Professor Einarrson write?
(a) An analysis of Wordsworth.
(b) A lone volume of an encyclopedia.
(c) A fawning tribute to Dr. Winthrop.
(d) A letter that is in direct opposition to Dr. Winthrop's views.

2. In "Juan Murana," what is the name the aunt uses for the knife that kills the landlord?
(a) Gold Death.
(b) Juan.
(c) The Sting.
(d) El Tiburon.

3. What idea is the main concern of "Paradiso, XXXI, 108"?
(a) Giving a detailed description of Heaven.
(b) The absolute misery of life.
(c) Putting forth an analysis of Dante.
(d) Experiencing and seeing God.

4. In "The Bribe," what does Dr. Winthrop have to do?
(a) Publish an article on Keats.
(b) Prove Shakespeare was not the sole author of his plays.
(c) Kidnap Herbert Locke.
(d) Decide who will chair an academic conference.

5. In "August 25, 1983," what hotel room does Borges go to?
(a) 49.
(b) 63.
(c) 19.
(d) The room is numberless.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Story from Rosendo Juarez," what becomes of Rosendo?

2. In "The Interloper," which of the following best characterizes the treatment of Julia by the two brothers?

3. In "A Dialogue About a Dialogue," what interrupts the dialogue?

4. What is the event in "The Elderly Lady"?

5. In "Borges and I," who are the two characters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "Shakespeare's Memory" say about creating art?

2. Name some of the customs and beliefs of the strange group in "The Sect of Thirty."

3. Is there a contradiction to the argument in "Argumentum Ornithologicum"?

4. In "Covered Mirrors," what is the narrator's attitude toward mirrors?

5. In "The Interloper," do the Nelson brothers have any redeeming qualities?

6. In "Unworthy," why does Fischbein, a mild-mannered and bookish man, hang around a gang?

7. In "The Plot," a gaucho dies in a similar fashion to Julius Caesar. What does this suggest about history?

8. In "Borges and I," who are the two Borgeses, and what is the relationship between them?

9. In "The Duel," what is the nature of the duel between Clara and Marta?

10. In "Everything and Nothing," who ultimately tells Shakespeare he is like him, and why does he say this?

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