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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of poetry does Bioy favor?
(a) Limericks.
(b) Sonnets.
(c) Epic poetry.
(d) Lyrical poetry.

2. Why does the narrator decide he must build a shelter?
(a) To attract attention.
(b) To hide from the people.
(c) To keep him warm during the winter.
(d) To shelter him from storms.

3. The town of Bearn is in what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) Belguim.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

4. What is the name of the Japanese cruiser that finds the dead crew of a ship?
(a) Namura.
(b) Oshkido.
(c) Cornea.
(d) Samurai.

5. What writer does Borges claim has superior plots?
(a) G.K. Chesterton.
(b) Fydor Dostoevsky.
(c) Graham Greene.
(d) Patrica Highsmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following titles does the narrator say he wants to use for one of his novels?

2. What is the name of the story where Bioy claims he finally has found his style?

3. What does the narrator move out by the swimming pool?

4. What are the Spanish poets and intellectuals fleeing in the 30s?

5. Why does the narrator think the people he sees are a group of eccentrics?

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